Looks like a home remedy and/or regional thing to me.
Mark Buswell SF, CA, USA
On Mon Mar 5 19:31 , Raymond Dobbins sent:
>Small corks designed to plug up the spoke holes on tubular rims. First ti
me I ever see these. They are both cute and cool ;)
>
> http://ebay.com/
>
> Item number: 160091243688
>
> What exactly is the purpose of these? The description says to prevent g
lue from going into the spoke holes, but you don't really need the corks to
prevent that. You just apply the glue between the holes.
And if you were to get glue on the little corks...imagine what a pain it wo
uld be to remove them from your tire when you pull it off the rim! You'd p
robably end up with bits of cork all around your tire - Oh the
horror, the horror!
>
> Ray Dobbins
> Miami FL USA