RE: [CR]Tyre wiping - a fool's game or necessary evil?

> I have to agree with most all what our good CR members posted, but
> have to respectfully offer other opinons to some others.
> Having seen a few riders fall down and break bones when a hand became
> caught between the tire and seat tube, it's hard to lightly gloss
> over. When it happens without injury, laughter is usually the best
> defense in the almost tragedy.
> Our colleague Jobst does get misled with experiments we can all do if
> we put on our propellor caps and have limited trials to misconstrue.
> Almost all of you have had experience with debris being flicked off
> tires you were finger gloving, saving you flats. It's absolutely
> correct you lose a rotation or two before getting your fingers in
> place. But you do it as fast as you can, keeps you on your toes and
> fingertips.
> If nothing stuck in your strip, how the hell could you flick off what
> you felt as it came by? Duh.
> All the bullheads, thorns, staples, stones, glass, chips of anything
> ,etc., that got stuck in the casing a few rotations got flipped for
> the next guy to run over, Very few if they just didn't puncture right
> through survived the finger test. That's why when you get home, you
> should check your tires carefully and closely, you can usually spot a
> piece stuck in the casing and with a screwdriver or knife, flik it out
> and if it cut through the strip to the casing determine whether a boot
> or shoe goo will do the job. Shoe goo is the stuff runners use on
> their shoes when the pavement beats up the running shoes. It sticks
> quite well to bike tires, clean first with alcohol or other non oil
> cleaner, let sit a little till dries and casing is happy to get back
> on the road. Maybe keeps you from flatting on the next ride.
> Fenders or recessed bolts are no excuse not to have tire savers/nail
> catchers on your bike.
> We would either put a hole in the fender end and mount a TS in place,
> front and rear.With a recessed bolt we shaved down the mounting eye
> and put it in between the dome and locknut on the brake, or in between
> frame/fork and brake. You could drill a hole in the BB bridge and bolt
> it on or put a clamp around the bridge and mount the TS to the clamp.
> No big deal.
> Go now and do thou likewise.
> As to Chuck's Liquid latex coating, I've found that it was more a
> problem with your locale than not. Coming out of Chicago, and then
> close to the ocean in California, I (we) never had much of a problem
> with dryness. If one moved 20 miles inland it gets very dry, like
> Chuck says and presents a host of different problems. Chuck needed
> latex, we didn't. We'd ride/race in the dry and then return to our
> humidity level, no problemo.
> I would also like to compliment the CR on the "feeling" I get as I
> read how many of you describe your bikes and riding.
> I sense the attachment to your irons. They are like family, wife,
> child(ren), dog. If someone steals one it's as if you have been
> violated.
> Rightfully so.
> I've heard many a gentle cyclist voice violent retribution on the
> thief of their bicycle, if the owner ever caught him(her-them).
> We do become one with our bikes. When I loan mine to someone for a
> test ride, it takes me a mile or two to get my feel and essence back
> to the bike.
> That's the way it is.
> This is why I comment upon the old bikes and their history, and why it
> so good to see all the consideration the group gives.
> I was talking with an old rider and collector about my dad's '37
> Durkopp hanging in the shop, and told him I may want to clean it up a
> little and maybe put new cloth tape on.
> His comment was: 'Absolutely not! Your dad rode that bike, his sweat
> and love is in that tape, please don't change it! That sums it up
> doesn't it?
> I think the CR is maintaining the correct balance between new and
> pristine factory issue bikes and those used and ridden with the full
> gamut and spectrum of emotions of previous owners.
> Let's keep it up! I love it!
> Ted Ernst
> Palos Verdes Estates, CA
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Everett" <jeverett3@earthlink.net>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 2:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [CR]Tyre wiping - a fool's game or necessary evil?
>
>
> > On 14 Jul 2005 at 12:37, I wrote:
> >
> >> While this has precious little to do with classic
> lightweights, perhaps
> >> the funniest thing I ever saw on a bike was when
> a friend of mine,
> >> riding just in front of me, decided to clean his
> rear tire. He
> >> proceeded to get his right hand caught between
> the tire and
> >> downtube, which promptly locked up the rear wheel
> and firmly
> >> attached him to the bike.
> >
> > Before someone else calls me on this, clearly he
> didn't get his hand
> > caught between his tire and downtube. :-|
> >
> > John Everett - Aurora, Illinois
> >
> >
> > jeverett3@earthlink.net (John V. Everett)
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Classicrendezvous mailing list
> > Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> >
> http://www.bikelist.org/mailman/listinfo/classicrendezvous
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Classicrendezvous mailing list
> Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> http://www.bikelist.org/mailman/listinfo/classicrendezvous
>

_______________________________________________ Classicrendezvous mailing list Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org http://www.bikelist.org/mailman/listinfo/classicrendezvous

_______________________________________________ Classicrendezvous mailing list Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org http://www.bikelist.org/mailman/listinfo/classicrendezvous