Re: [RBW] Re: tire sidewall separation

2019-08-13 Thread Eric Floden
My Speed Rides are doing the same...even on my second set. EricF Golden Lake Ont On Tue, Aug 13, 2019, 12:01 aeroperf wrote: > Thanks for your info, and that from Kingdom Bikes. > > My Sam rides Continental Speed Ride tires. As a guy who spent 40 years > doing airplanes, I am a believer in per

[RBW] Re: tire sidewall separation

2019-08-13 Thread aeroperf
Thanks for your info, and that from Kingdom Bikes. My Sam rides Continental Speed Ride tires. As a guy who spent 40 years doing airplanes, I am a believer in periodic inspections, including tire rotation. At about 1500 miles I started noticing fine threads from near the rim. I just nip them off

[RBW] Re: tire sidewall separation

2019-08-12 Thread Coal Bee Rye Anne
Makes me wonder if this was a similar occurrence on a prior set of specialized branded knobbies... Forget the model but they were lower end wire bead budget replacements from the early/mid aughts. I may or may not still have them around in storage to inspect further (can’t recall if they were d

[RBW] Re: tire sidewall separation

2019-08-09 Thread John Casteen
I got an interesting answer to this question from the incredibly helpful and friendly Kingdom Bikes in Blue Hill, Maine. Continental and perhaps other tire manufacturers include a piece of fabric that wraps from the inside of the tire, around the bead, and out onto the lower/inner part of the s

Re: [RBW] Re: tire sidewall separation

2019-08-08 Thread John Casteen
Tom-- Thanks! Yeah, I did, and good idea. The brake shoes don't touch the tires. The weird thing about this damage is that there's no abrasion-- just a concentric whitish ring where the threads are unraveling. John On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 7:51 AM Tom Wyland wrote: > Did you check to see if y

[RBW] Re: tire sidewall separation

2019-08-08 Thread Tom Wyland
Did you check to see if your brake parts are touching the tire there as they open and close? Seems unlikely to happen with both tires at once, though. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop