Larry,
This same problem crops up in bicycles. The best cheap and simple cure for
this is a roll of "Velox" cloth rim tape from your local bike shop. Get the
wide roll meant for mountain bike tires. One wrap around covering the
nippies should be more than enough. One layer prevents nippie flats in
120psi bike road tires, it should handle a car tire's 28-32 psi rather
easily.
Regards, Glen Byrns
----- Original Message -----
From "Larry Macy" <macy at bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
To: <undisclosed-recipients:;>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 11:36 AM
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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