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Arthur Harris
Guest
I bought a pair of Torelli Master rims from Rivendell about a year ago, and
just got around to building up a rear wheel with one of them. It laced up
beautifully with nice even tension all around. But when I tried to mount a
tire, it was a REAL struggle.
I placed my old Sun M13II rim up against the Torelli, and the outer diameter
of the Torelli was 4-5mm larger than the Sun rim. Can there really be that
much variation among 700c rims? The Torelli's have a label inside (where the
rim strip would go) that reads: 18-095. Does that mean anything to anyone?
I was finally able to get a well used Avocet Road tire mounted, but I'd hate
to have to struggle like this if I flatted on the road.
Thinking the problem might be my Velox cloth rim strip, I tried mounting a
well worn teflon bead Michelin tire with NO tube and NO rim strip. Still a
major chore.
Was this rim from a bad batch or are they all like this?
Art Harris
just got around to building up a rear wheel with one of them. It laced up
beautifully with nice even tension all around. But when I tried to mount a
tire, it was a REAL struggle.
I placed my old Sun M13II rim up against the Torelli, and the outer diameter
of the Torelli was 4-5mm larger than the Sun rim. Can there really be that
much variation among 700c rims? The Torelli's have a label inside (where the
rim strip would go) that reads: 18-095. Does that mean anything to anyone?
I was finally able to get a well used Avocet Road tire mounted, but I'd hate
to have to struggle like this if I flatted on the road.
Thinking the problem might be my Velox cloth rim strip, I tried mounting a
well worn teflon bead Michelin tire with NO tube and NO rim strip. Still a
major chore.
Was this rim from a bad batch or are they all like this?
Art Harris