Re: [CR]Stretching New Tubulars

(Example: Framebuilders:Alberto Masi)

Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:34:59 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Stretching New Tubulars
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Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
> Has anoyone else except me ever asked themselves why they have to
> make tubulars so damn tight? Is it not possibly to make a tubular ID
> such that it can be held on a rim by pressure alone well enough to
> ride home carefully after a change, without making it too tight to
> install without pre-stretching?

Some brands are worse than others. The absolute worst I have ever encountered was a Raleigh-branded Panaracer tubular with a nylon casing. I bought several of these at a good price back in the day, and being young and strong then I was eventually able to mount a pair. I found some buried in my stash last year and thought I might give them a try, but I couldn't for the life of me even get them on a clean rim to stretch.

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA