I don't usually worry about it, either. If teh beads look decent and it
hold air, I ride. I even use the nominal width, not the actual, to choose
the tire pressures, then I round up to the nearest 5#. Works great!
On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 11:15 AM, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
> I never bothered to che
I never bothered to check. Apart from one Tom Slick that had a bump in it
noticeable when I rode (it wasn't round) and one other tire I forget that
tended to pop off the rim, I just mount and ride.
Well, mount, *inflate* and ride.
Patrick "trying to stretch his Big Apple Liteskins from 60 mm to 7
I think you could evaluate how real the issue is by trying to measure actual
tire runout versus rim runout, in both the lateral and radial directions.
If the tire sidewall position isn't moving from side to side significantly,
and if there aren't any radial lumps due to the tire, then I think the
To follow up,
I bought a floor pump, dismounted the tires, soaped them up,
remounted, overinflated, still the same variability. Dismounted again,
covered (dry) bead in baby powder, remounted, overinflated to about
90psi, left overnight, still about 0.5mm variability in tire width
(between 34.7 an
But this has no talc in it.
On Jun 23, 5:18 pm, Eric Norris wrote:
> Baby powder works fine, and it keeps the tubes from getting diaper rash.
>
> --Eric
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jun 23, 2010, at 2:00 PM, R Gonet wrote:
>
>
>
> > Where do you find plain talc? The only thing I seem to find is
And it smells so fresh ...
Patrick Moore, who ought to use it in his cycling shoes when going sockless.
BTW: the Euxstars are quite nice: they run true to size (44s fit my 10
mediums just fine, no pinching as the old, narrow toe'd 44 Shimanos they
replaced. And, being leather, they will, I assume
On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 14:00 -0700, R Gonet wrote:
> Where do you find plain talc? The only thing I seem to find is baby
> powder with other ingredients added.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49353...@n00/4642093040/
Rema Tip Top Tire Talc
searching google shopping, it seems prices range from $6-12
Baby powder works fine, and it keeps the tubes from getting diaper rash.
--Eric
Sent from my iPad
On Jun 23, 2010, at 2:00 PM, R Gonet wrote:
> Where do you find plain talc? The only thing I seem to find is baby
> powder with other ingredients added.
>
> On Jun 22, 6:23 am, Steve Palincsar
Where do you find plain talc? The only thing I seem to find is baby
powder with other ingredients added.
On Jun 22, 6:23 am, Steve Palincsar wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 02:59 -0700, Earl Grey wrote:
>
> > In the places where the measurements were smaller, I noticed that the
> > slight ridge o
Perhaps its time to invest in a floor pump...(I have one, a Silca, but
it's currently on the other side of the globe...)
And thanks for the talc tip. I religiously talc the inside of my
tires, but never thought to apply talc to the bead.
Gernot
On Jun 22, 5:23 pm, Steve Palincsar wrote:
> On Tu
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