Re: [CR]A flat on todays ride - rim strip question -PX10E with clinchers- right name?

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Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:38:55 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]A flat on todays ride - rim strip question -PX10E with clinchers- right name?
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Chuck Schmidt wrote:
> Velox rim strips came in more than one width. There is/was a very
> narrow one that fit rims like your Super Champions with the narrow well
> in the center of the rim bed.
>
> Not sure where you'd find the extra narrow Velox but you could cut down
> the normal Velox rim strip without too much effort I'd think.

Johnson & Johnson makes cloth adhesive bandage tape in several widths, including one that fits nicely into narrow clincher rims. There are also silk bandage tapes if you want to get really fancy...

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA