Re: [RBW] Re: Looking for Rim Advice

I bought a few of the excellent VAR tools recently from Chuck Davis , from the iBOB/CR groups. He has a stash left over from his now-closed shop in Oklahoma; he may still have garage-cluttering inventory he'd like to move out. Peter "the Kool-Stop tire jacks and Cra

Re: [RBW] Re: Looking for Rim Advice

the answer is: the VAR tire tool. hard/impossible to find in North America. so i ordered a dozen here https://tinyurl.com/yckr6ksm great stocking stuffers or giveaways peter stock toronto canada On Sun., Dec. 5, 2021, 8:06 p.m. Ben Adrian, wrote: > I'm a pretty handy home mechanic and have

[RBW] Re: Looking for Rim Advice

I'm a pretty handy home mechanic and have never had tire mounting problems until now. I've had fine luck with Bontrager, Reynolds, DT 411, DT Spline, WTB, Pacenti, HED, etc. This DT 1.1 rim seems to have almost no center channel it's pretty much straight across. I've never seen anything like it

[RBW] Re: Looking for Rim Advice

As others have pointed out, there are ways to try to make mounting a tire easier, and if your main goal is a wider tire, there is absolutely no problem with putting a 35mm tire on a rim the width of the open pro. On my Rambouillet I've maximized the tire size by running Paul Racer M brakes and

[RBW] Re: Looking for Rim Advice

I had issues with a rim recently and determined it was the cotton tape. I switched to use the blue tape (Velocity?) that Riv sells and the rims were manageable again. I don't recall the rim brand though, so I apologize for that lack of information. I have a wheel that came with veloplugs a

[RBW] Re: Looking for Rim Advice

I have changed to using Veloplugs on all of my wheels (tubeless would be an insane maintenance nightmare on 20+ bicycles). I put them on all of my new wheels and change to them on old wheels whenever I remove a tire for some reason. They are lighter than cloth rim tape, easier to install and re

[RBW] Re: Looking for Rim Advice

Ben, not so fast with ditching what you have ! Tire mounting difficulty can be as much the tire as the rim though but often it seems to come down to technique and/or thinn-er rim tape. After years of using Velox, I changed to nylon strapping tape, it's the kind that cords of nylon in it and come