Jim My best workaround for getting good tire mounting on the Synergy 650B rim without building up the rim tape is to use wire bead tires.
I have 4 sets of 650B Synergy wheels in my stable. 3 of those bikes are now shod with wire bead tires (Fatty Rumpkin/Force Field Fatty Rumpkin/Col de la Vie), and they all mounted up nicely with no unusual work. The fourth bike I commonly use on brevets and refuse to run wire bead tires on it, so I went to the effort of building up the rim tape (I used gaffer tape to do the job) and put inthe time necessary to get the tires suitably straight. That bike (an A Homer Hilsen) is currently running Lierres, but I also run it with Pari Motos, B-Lines, New Express and Hetres from time to time. All need similar amounts of work. Fixing a flat on brevet I just let them go where they want to go and accept it. Having put in the work on the rim tape side, it's never terrible, but I've only had three flats on brevets. All three were at night or in the rain or both, of course, so I was in no mood to be picky in any of the three situations. :-) On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 9:55:02 AM UTC-8, Jim Bronson wrote: > > If you already own the Synergy and don't plan on rebuilding on another > rim, what is the best strategy for working around the mounting limitations. > I have seen the bit about careful mounting, but that's not a great option > if you are on a brevet and the clock is ticking. > > I also saw someone say to put more layers of rim tape, so the well is not > so deep. > > Is there a particular tire that works well with the 650b Synergy without > having to go to either of these steps? > > > On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 6:26 AM, Michael Hechmer > <mhec...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> The Hetere / Velocity thread seems to have veered toward a discussion of >> handling, so I decided to start over with a slightly different question. >> >> I ride the Synergy rim with Pari-Moto tires. It is true that they mount >> pretty loosely and it is hard to get them perfectly centered but I have >> gotten them good enough and have no problem with the ride or security. >> However, I just noticed, in the last issue of BQ, that Velocity is now >> offering, through Boulder cycles, a new rim, the A23, which they describe >> as shallower, stronger, and shinier (!). Has anyone on the list tried >> these rims? >> >> Michael >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > > > -- > Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
