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Solvang Cyclist
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> The first thing to do will be to use the U-shaped tire end as a
> template for bending a smaller U-curve. The things are apparently
> designed for a 34 mm radius tire, so my 700x26 just rattles around,
> with only a little strip of wire touching the center of the tire.
I don't think that any tire savers are designed to fit anything right
without considerable "tweaking". In all cases it's necessary to bend both
the upper arms to locate the saver and the lower wire to fit the contour
of the tire.
>
> Then I'll have to figure out something for the front brake. So far,
> nothing looks plausible. The tiresaver is wider than my brake arm
> clearance, so I can't mount them on the brake bolt and let them hang
> discreetly inside the brake area. There's no hole on the front of my
> brake, much less a bolt, so they can't hang out there. I'm pretty sure
> that Jobst would advise against drilling a hole in the middle of a
> brake arm, so I'll have to look and see if any old brakes I have in
> junk boxes have enough clearance or an accessible front bolt.
Why not just bend the upper wire of the tire saver into a sharper angle
"V" and mount it on the brake bolt between the front of the fork and the
brake arms? Usually there are some washers there. If you file the wire on
both sides to make it flat, it should fit just fine. I have the front
saver mounted there on a new Record brake. I can upload some photos if
you'd like.
Okay, I know that puts the saver in a tight spot under the brake arms -
facing forward. But anything that could grab the wire and not have it rip
out of the plastic tubes would most likely jam up in the same spot
anyway.
And between myself and some friends that still use tire savers, I can say
that we have well over 100 combined years of usage without a single
mishap. There was one incident where a friend picked up a screw in her
front tire. It hit the tire saver and mangled it a little, but there was
no major damage and the wheel certainly didn't lock up. (I would think
there's too much angular momentum for that to happen without ripping the
tire saver apart.)
Cheers,
David
news:[email protected]:
> The first thing to do will be to use the U-shaped tire end as a
> template for bending a smaller U-curve. The things are apparently
> designed for a 34 mm radius tire, so my 700x26 just rattles around,
> with only a little strip of wire touching the center of the tire.
I don't think that any tire savers are designed to fit anything right
without considerable "tweaking". In all cases it's necessary to bend both
the upper arms to locate the saver and the lower wire to fit the contour
of the tire.
>
> Then I'll have to figure out something for the front brake. So far,
> nothing looks plausible. The tiresaver is wider than my brake arm
> clearance, so I can't mount them on the brake bolt and let them hang
> discreetly inside the brake area. There's no hole on the front of my
> brake, much less a bolt, so they can't hang out there. I'm pretty sure
> that Jobst would advise against drilling a hole in the middle of a
> brake arm, so I'll have to look and see if any old brakes I have in
> junk boxes have enough clearance or an accessible front bolt.
Why not just bend the upper wire of the tire saver into a sharper angle
"V" and mount it on the brake bolt between the front of the fork and the
brake arms? Usually there are some washers there. If you file the wire on
both sides to make it flat, it should fit just fine. I have the front
saver mounted there on a new Record brake. I can upload some photos if
you'd like.
Okay, I know that puts the saver in a tight spot under the brake arms -
facing forward. But anything that could grab the wire and not have it rip
out of the plastic tubes would most likely jam up in the same spot
anyway.
And between myself and some friends that still use tire savers, I can say
that we have well over 100 combined years of usage without a single
mishap. There was one incident where a friend picked up a screw in her
front tire. It hit the tire saver and mangled it a little, but there was
no major damage and the wheel certainly didn't lock up. (I would think
there's too much angular momentum for that to happen without ripping the
tire saver apart.)
Cheers,
David