[CR]new sewups and old memories

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Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 08:44:45 -0700
From: <rhawks@lmi.net>
To: classics rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]new sewups and old memories

Having recently reacquired a bike that uses tubulars, I now have to deal with one task that I never seemed to do all that well oh so many years ago. So I'm asking for advice and pointers for mounting new tubular tires on old rims. Do I try and get the old glue off first? That glue is probably 15 years old. Will a layer of new glue reactivate the old stuff? I put the tires on the rims and pumped them up without gluing. Will they stretch at all doing this? When I go to put the tires on for good, do I put a layer of glue on both the rim and the tire? How much glue is enough, how much is too much?

rob hawks
richmond, ca