Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp 1.2 08/01/83; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!pesnta!hplabs!hp-pcd!craig From: craig@hp-pcd.UUCP (craig) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Re: Flat Tire Epidemic Message-ID: <7700011@hpcvlo.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 00:12:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hpcvlo.7700011 Posted: Mon Jun 24 00:12:00 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Jun-85 02:19:08 EDT References: <2051@iddic.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Corvallis, OR Lines: 17 Nf-ID: #R:iddic:-205100:hpcvlo:7700011:000:1129 Nf-From: hpcvlo!craig Jun 23 20:12:00 1985 Well, my opinion on rubber rim strips is that they suck. Velolux (sp but anyway that thick tape that is sold as a rim strip) ain't much better cause its so thick it makes it real hard to get the tire on. So, what do I use? For box section rims (two level rims) I use Johnson & Johnson adheasive tape (the stuff that comes in the little metal cans and costs too much). Use one layer to cover most of the holes and another layer to cover the rest of the holes. This has worked for many years now. If you have a nonbox rim and the spokes are above the nipples then get something thicker to protect that tube. Also get something sticky so that it won't move around as you put the tube/tire on. Depending on your weight, what you ride over, etc, a problem could be pinched tubes (you can tell a pinched tube because it looks like it was snake bit - two small holes close together). I think most pressure ratings printed on the sidewalls are to low (assuming a high qual rim/tire). When I first tried narrow clinchers, I got quite a few pinched tubes using ~95psi. I now run them at 120psi with no problems. Craig Durland