David -
The lister who suggested filling the spoke nipple recesses in the rim with
clear RTV is in line with Valley Wire Wheel here in LA. Many (mostly BMC)
Brit wire wheels have the rim-laced row of spokes and they are treated like
that by Valley WW. I always add a double thick wrap of plastic electrical
tape over it on mine. I've never had a tube cut down by spoke-end cuts.
Clay L.
'67 Sprite
At 05:50 PM 9/19/2002 +0000, David Lieb wrote:
> >From your posts you seem to imply that the RIM BAND
>(can be made from plain strips of rubber, rubberised
>canvas or even just plain canvas) does not
>cover all of the spoke heads. It should do - to protect
>the inner tube from chafing on them and getting worn
>through. This causes the tube to blown itself apart!
>
>That is correct, Guy, the outermost row of spoke ends
>are exposed. I am fortunate in that we do have a tire
>dealer here in the Chicago area who like LBCs and does a
>fair amount of wire wheels. I will be stopping by his
>place tomorrow to get them all checked out. The tube in
>question was the same dimensions as the tire, but I do
>not have any past history on it.
>Thanks for the info,
>David Lieb
>RWA Midgets
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