Re: [CR]wide tubular tire rims

(Example: Events:Cirque du Cyclisme:2002)

Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 12:53:00 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]wide tubular tire rims
References: <l03130300bd776de8c3d2@[24.41.14.194]> <4151E110.CC428DEA@earthlink.net>


Chuck Schmidt wrote:
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> The problem of using a 28mm tire on a later rim whose bed is deep (small
> radius) is that the center of the rim tape won't be pushing into the
> surface of the center of the rim bed; just the sides will contact.

Make that "the center of the base tape on the tire won't be pushing into the surface of the center of the rim bed."

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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