At 10:43 AM 24/01/2007 -0500, Eric Goforth wrote:
>As far as the 3M stuff goes, you want 08031, they also make an 08001.
>I've used it before, when Pep Boys was out of 08031 and I needed to
>mount a tire so I could ride the next day. I don't know if I would
>trust it as much as 08031 though. It was during the winter so I was
>commuting and doing long rides, not criteriums.
>
>Like I said someone tested a bunch of rim cements though and Vittoria
>Mastik One was better than Fast Tack. It was a stronger adhesive and it
>reached it cured faster than Fast Tack.
Here are the tests: http://www.engr.ku.edu/
I can't remember for sure, but I think the formulation of this cement has changed from the original, which could be a reason it's no longer popular or recommended. Something about the solvents migrating to the base tape adhesive and loosening it. Probably something about it in the archive.
John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada