One guy I know doesn't bother with the rubber bands. He just wraps the
wheels with black electrical tape. It works for him.
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
To: undisclosed-recipients:; <undisclosed-recipients:;>
Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 1:37 PM
Subject: Wire Wheel???
>I have a little dilemmina. I have some chrome wire wheels for the 78
>Midget. Recently I have been getting a series of flats. It appears that
>the spokes are wearing holes in the tubes. Now before you get all excited
>and tell me I need the rubber bands that cover the spoke nipples, let me
>tell you I have them, Even got new ones. So shut up, Allen. My tire guy
>tells me that the bands only cover the nipples in the center of the wheel
>and the ones on the shoulder are exposed. This is true with both the old
>bands and the new ones. I figured the chromes were different from the
>original wires. But on inspection the wheel profile seems the same. These
>are Dayton wires (or is that Dunlop?? whichever were made in Merry Old).
>
>Can I get a wider band? Cut up some tubes? Seal them and go tubeless??
>
>Any ideas??
>
>Thanks
>
>Larry
>
>Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
>macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
>System Administrator/Manager
>Neuropsychiatry Section
>Department of Psychiatry
>University of Pennsylvania
>3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
>Philadelphia, PA 19104
>
> Ask a question and you're a fool for three minutes; do not ask a
>question and you're a fool for the rest of your life.
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