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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
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Posted: Mon Jun 24 00:12:00 1985
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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