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Right guys, i've recently picked up a sweet set of 70's aly racing wheels for my Harry quinn, but the wheels have no rim. The reason is because it had tyres with sewn in tubes. Then i believe you glued the tyre to the wheel. (daft i know) Anybody work in a bike shop know of any? desperate for them! I'll try and get some pics for you of my bike. Elliot
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'72 Opel kadett coupe
'77 Opel kadett city sr
'92 Peugeot 309 Gti Goodwood
'93 Peugeot 205 GL auto
'88 Citroen BX 16v(Breaking)
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gtste
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You should be able to get them from ebay for under £20 Delivered. Just search for 'Tubular tyres'
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"tubs" are the best tyres you can get, take far more pressure than a "clincher"
though not great for day to day riding, get a puncture and you're bug gered unless you spend £40 + each for ones with decent puncture resistance, I would find another set of standard clincher wheels for it.
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jonw
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Tubeless tyres are great for the track and road racing, but day to day I'd go back to good ole' tubes.
As has beed said above, go online and look up tubless tyres. there's plenty out there in most sizes.
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ah right, so those tyres are ok yeah? then i just need to buy special glue??? cool thanks. i thought there was a different type of tyre again. thanks
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'72 Opel kadett coupe
'77 Opel kadett city sr
'92 Peugeot 309 Gti Goodwood
'93 Peugeot 205 GL auto
'88 Citroen BX 16v(Breaking)
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awoo
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tubless tyres are a real pain unless youre doing track riding, i have been in this position with a bike and just got new clincher rims in the end. i wanted to use my bike and enjoy it at the end of the day
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TS
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Gluing them is a bit of an art. Make sure you pre-stretch the tub first. Then layers of glue on tub and rim wait until it goes tacky and reapply. Repeat. Then stick them on without getting glue everywhere.
I never bothered myself but did some for customers. Pain in the bum tbh.
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indeed it is an art, especially for lightweight track tubs which need stretching on!
got a couple of sets for racing use, also got some for cyclocross.
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duncanmartin
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Nov 13, 2013 21:20:47 GMT
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Personally, I never got on with the glue, but I could make it work with the "tub tape". I gave up and got clinchers after 1 too many punctures. Fixing tubs is such a pita is just not worth it unless you're buying the super expensive ones. I've got a whole load of spare tub rims in the loft if you need any!
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