Before finding out that bubbles in a punctured tubular follow the path of least resistance to exit at the valve stem, and before learning the trick of
clamping off a tire in sections to find out exactly where the puncture was, I wasted a lot of time and thread by completely removing the tube from a sewup tire, then sewing the whole damned thing up again after patching it.
Bob Hovey Columbus, GA
In a message dated 7/1/07 11:34:05 AM, classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.or g writes:
> Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 08:07:28 -0500
> From: "Tom Forbes" <tfbike@hotmail.com>
> To: DTSHIFTER@aol.com, CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com, jvs@sonic.net,
> classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: RE: [CR]Fundamental Rite of Passage <was> need freewheel removal
> advice
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> I'm in on the new thread. 20 years ago and my first attempt at gluing sew
> ups! Nobody told me (or I wasn't listening) about pre stretching, gluing a
nd
> letting it dry, or at least get tacky,etc... . Thank god I didn't ride tho
se,
> too much glue EVERYWHERE anyway. I'll bet that carpet still has red Clemen
t
> glue in it.
>
> Tom Forbes
>
> Houston (it didn't even wait till this afternoon to rain, AGAIN) Texas.
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