Re: [CR]Rim cement

(Example: Production Builders:Tonard)

Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 18:31:02 +1200
From: "David Benson" <tech@worrall.co.nz>
To: Monkeyman <monkey37@bluemarble.net>
Cc: M4Campy@aol.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Rim cement
References: <e.ee5900c.286d4ae0@aol.com> <a05100300b761b7bebc6f@[128.111.200.88]>


Monkeyman wrote:
> Why you ask. Well Fastack holds harder than anything out there.
> You'll pull the tire off of the base tape half the time during
> removal if you put the glue on correctly.

DB asks: Have you considered whether this is because the solvent attacks the glue which attacks the base tape?
> I may have seen
> Cinelli bars break but I've never seen, or heard, of a properly
> installed tire rolling off, unless it was in a crash.

I don't buy into this at all. If you crash, and your tyre rolls off, then you crashed because your tyre rolled.

DB