- hi.
- have a new pair of DuraAce C50 carbon tubular wheels.
- did the gluing according to the park too guide (very good guide) :
http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech/fix/?id=tubular
- but encountered this problem :
- had to remove one tyre to re-do because the alignment of the tyre vis rim was out. When I pull the tyre off , it took off ALL the glue which had been applied to the rim. The rim looked new again. No residue at all on the rim.
- is this how its supposed to be ?
- does contact-adhesive not adhere to carbon rims ? Or do i have to prep the carbon rim with sandpaper or something like that ? I did not sand it at all, but made sure that it was clean.
- has anyone with experience with gluing tubulars onto carbon rims please help ?
.
subnote : applying the glue is easy. Mounting the tyre is okay. But aligning the tyre vis the rim is a total beetch. My thumbs still have no feeling ....
- that and the front tyre was very irritating. It refused to glue up evenly and as i rode it for the first time , there was the 'smack-smack-smack' sound of the offending portion of the tyre intermittenly getting stuck , letting go and then getting stuck again ... drove me just shy of the madhouse .. re-gluing it did the job though .... but I sacrificed my thumbs in the bloody process.
- and I now understand why gluing tubulars is something of a rite-of-passage for 'serious' cyclists. You cannot say that you know a bicycle until you've glued a tubular , successfully.
.
cheers.
.
- have a new pair of DuraAce C50 carbon tubular wheels.
- did the gluing according to the park too guide (very good guide) :
http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech/fix/?id=tubular
- but encountered this problem :
- had to remove one tyre to re-do because the alignment of the tyre vis rim was out. When I pull the tyre off , it took off ALL the glue which had been applied to the rim. The rim looked new again. No residue at all on the rim.
- is this how its supposed to be ?
- does contact-adhesive not adhere to carbon rims ? Or do i have to prep the carbon rim with sandpaper or something like that ? I did not sand it at all, but made sure that it was clean.
- has anyone with experience with gluing tubulars onto carbon rims please help ?
.
subnote : applying the glue is easy. Mounting the tyre is okay. But aligning the tyre vis the rim is a total beetch. My thumbs still have no feeling ....
- that and the front tyre was very irritating. It refused to glue up evenly and as i rode it for the first time , there was the 'smack-smack-smack' sound of the offending portion of the tyre intermittenly getting stuck , letting go and then getting stuck again ... drove me just shy of the madhouse .. re-gluing it did the job though .... but I sacrificed my thumbs in the bloody process.
- and I now understand why gluing tubulars is something of a rite-of-passage for 'serious' cyclists. You cannot say that you know a bicycle until you've glued a tubular , successfully.
.
cheers.
.