Thanks guys for refreshing my memory on tire life.
The tire savers work extremely well in my opinion
We put hundreds on in the shop and when nicely shaped and closely contoured
they flicked many a foreign object off the protector strip, "saving" or
preventing a flat for racer, sport, touring, or commuter rider.
The friction was negligible and we saw many totally worn through savers with
the tire still sound and safe.
You could always wrap some adhesive tape around the fork and seat stays,
just enough so that the friction would wear the tire shape into the tape,
and "voila" a perfect shaped Tyre Saver was created.
Ted Ernst
Palos Verdes Estates
CA USA
>
>
>>Hey guys:
>>Is Tyresaver the liquid latex sidewall stuff?
>>Are tire savers the little gizmos get attached over the tire tread to flic
> k
>>off anything that sticks in the tire on the first rev up?
>>Ted Ernst
>>Palos Verdes Estates
>>CA USA
> That's what I *think* he's refering to, and here's where I get to replay
> on
> e of Chuck Schmidt's old postings and prove I know about searching the
> arch
> ives, too:
> Back in the day you were supposed to "solution" the side walls of your
> tubulars to "renew" them as they dried out.
>
> The product of choice on the West Coast was Jevelot\u2122 Tire Life, whi
> ch is
> liquid latex. The layer of latex you added to the side wall was
> exceedingly thin, essentially replacing what was lost not adding
> additional thickness to the side wall at all.
>
> http://www.worldclasscycles.com/
>
> Hugh Enox, owner of Jevelot, has posted to the list in the past and I
> expect he'll step in pretty soon, but here's the directions for
> "preserving" the side walls of tubulars:
>
> "To preserve tubular tire sidewalls, inflate tire, wash tire with
> detergent, rinse thoroughly, and let dry. Shake Tire Life well, apply a
> thin even coat to sidewalls with clean coarse bristled brush. Keep tire
> inflated 24 hours until dry, then dust with talc to eliminate tackiness.
> (and) Tire Life may be thinned, when necessary, with distilled water."
>
> Periodic solutioning of your tubulars was one of those things you
> routinely did if you were conscientious about your bike's maintenance.
> Most of the people I rode with in the mid 1970s never bothered to
> solution their tubulars, but of course they didn't bother much with
> periodic maintenance of their race bikes either.
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, Southern California
> (Chuck should be extra-chuffed.)
> Alan Goldsworthy
> San Francisco, CA, USA