Re: [CR]Preserving Vintage Tires

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Subject: Re: [CR]Preserving Vintage Tires
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:36:37 -0500
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Rob, I think the quick answer for preserving tires is to keep them in a cool, dark, dry place. Heat will definitely hurt them over time. It seems I remember a friend using talc under the under his wheel covers in the 1970's. I don't know if that is still a good idea or not. Anyone else know? The same guy also taught me to keep a light amount of air (20 to 40 lbs) in the tires while mounted on hanging rims. Needless to say, tires won't do well sitting flat with no air on the floor with the weight of a bike on them.

Someone else in our CR group might be able to offer enhanced methods for preserving rubber.

It's a good question. Unlike classic car collectors, I sense that classic bike collectors (overall) are not tuned-in yet to identifying and gathering the correct original tires (where applicable) for their bikes. We should be. At least for bikes in our collections that are regulated to static display.

Mark Winkelman
Dallas, Texas USA


----- Original Message -----
From: Rob Weiser
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 5:14 AM
Subject: [CR]Preserving Vintage Tires



> Hello,
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> Just looking for a reliable way to preserve and store vintage tires. I
> bought some Saturae rims that came with some really nice Specialized
> Gumwall
> Turbos. I would give the tires a usage rating of under 10% as they still
> have some of the little rubber pieces sticking up on the side of the
> tires.
> Anyways I will use these tires for exhibition/photo shoots only for my
> Early
> Allez and want to keep them from drying out and cracking. Any good ideas?
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> Rob Weiser
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> Miami, Florida
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> USA
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