At 12:28 PM 9/12/06 -0700, ternst wrote:
>We would force a real thin round screwdriver under the basetape very
>carefully so as not to damage the casing, sometimes prying in from both
>sides till we got through and then we'd work the screwdriver sidways slowly
>braking the bond, so we could cut the basetape and then reglue it after
>patching.
>We would always start in the middle of our proposed inicision so if we cut
>the stitching / sewing it would be in the middle of our repair cut and then
>be part of our regular resewing.
>Some guys would loosen enough basetape to put on side when they cut open the
>tire to patch, but too often the act of pulling too hard on the basetape
>stretched it and then when reglued would have a wrinkle.
>Better in my opinion was to cut and glue back nice and flat with a little
>overlap sometimes.
Ted, I notice that some repair kits contained a small roll of base tape. Not enough to replace all of it, but probably for replacing a section damaged trying to get it loose. Is there an approved direction to overlap the ends of the base tape? I see that when I mount tires with the label facing to the right (drive side) of the bike, the exposed end of thge base tape faces the direction of rotation of the wheel. I would have thought it would be better to have the end of the tape trailing, so am I mounting my tires correctly?
John Betmanis
Woodstock, ON
Canada