> Jon Hyouwish writes:
>>>>What is the best/easiest way to stick tubs onto the rims. I have
>>>>just spent a fair while cleaning of old tape residue and i have a
>>>>roll of Jantex tubular tape to hand. The tyre has been on the rim
>>>>for a few days now to stretch it to the right size. So what is
>>>>the easiest way to stick the thing
(am)>>>
http://www.yellowjersey.org/frontwheel.html
[email protected] wrote:
> Adhesive rim tape is notoriously poor in holding a tire on the rim and
> even worse for brake heating. The adhesive in these tapes is easily
> dried out and fails entirely after some hot descending (braking).
-snip-
> the tires are
> not what you want to be repairing at home as is described in the FAQ
> article:
> http://www.sheldonbrown.com/brandt/tubular-repair.html
If I recall , we had a long (and not pleasant) discussion of
this a year ago.
Jantex is indeed scary in its lack of adhesion. I would not
mount my tire, nor a customer's tire, with it under any
circumstances.
There is a new rim tape from Tufo. It's a thin translucent
plastic tape that's very tenacious. It ships with shiny
strips covering top and bottom. To install, peel away the
bottom foil strip while pulling the tape firmly around a
clean rim. (leave the paper cover on the tire side) Mount
the tubular and inflate to 60psi=4bar. Then pull the paper
out from under the tire and inflate hard. The shiny paper
cover slips from under the tire easily. (I've abbreviated,
but that's the essence)
I was asked to try this stuff. Yes it's different.
Whatever it is, it does mount a tire securely. There is no
quality of Tufo Extreme Tape that is at all similar to
Jantex except the shape.
(I'm not convinced of a dependable tire change. It's hard to
effect without disturbing the tape's position on the rim.
A bed of sticky less-than-a-couple-of-years-old rim cement
seems a better base for a changed tire in my opinion. Most
riders I know use a previously glued tub as a spare, there
being a residual layer of cement on both tire and rim.)
Tufo tape has a loyal following in the triathlon world.
When you read or hear positive reviews of mounting a tubular
with "tape", that doesn't mean Jantex.
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Andrew Muzi
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