Re: [CR] shipping tires

The only way to fold a beaded tire, shown by the late Sheldon Brown: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/video/tire-folding.html

Thank you Sheldon Tom Dusky Huntington Woods MI On Mar 26, 2010, at 12:16 PM, classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org wrote:
> From: W PAUL PATZKOWSKY <oldtrikerider@q.com>
> Subject: [CR] shipping tires
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> I have some tires to mail & hope to reduce the package size. My
> idea is to twist the tire into a figure 8 and then fold yielding a
> circle half the normal diameter of the tire. Would it hurt the tire
> to be folded like this for a few days in the mail? Thanks for your
> input.
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> You guys have been really helpful lately. I appreciate it very
> much.
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> Paul Patzkowsky
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> Longmont, Colorado