There has to be places in SF to do this but the best is in Santa Cruz.
http://www.jbswirewheels.com/
The British Wire Wheel guy now works at JB's
mike
On 06/20/2011 01:02 PM, csx2282 wrote:
> I suspect this is a long shot considering the minuscule traffic on this list
> these days, but I'll give it a shot. Maybe some of you can pass this
> question along to people you know who live in my area.
>
> I'm in need of new tires. Finding them is not an issue. I have a number of
> sources for that. The problem is finding an installer in the South San
> Francisco Bay area who has the proper equipment to do the installation and
> balancing on center lock wire wheels. These tires also requires tubes, BTW.
> The current tires are too old (about 20 years) and to warn to drive a great
> distance, especially on the freeway and I don't have anyway of easily
> transporting the 5 wheels in question with installed tires, so I'm hoping to
> find someplace local. The last time I had tires installed it was through
> O'Connor Classics in Santa Clara, which is no longer in business. Actually
> O'Connor out sourced it to British Wire Wheel in Santa Cruz, but that was
> because I also had the wire wheels refurbished. British Wire Wheels is also
> no longer around, at least not in Santa Cruz, but even Santa Curz is farther
> than I care to drive on my current tires.
>
> I did have a local tire shop repair a flat a few years ago, but I'm sot sure
> they could handle the balancing part. All they did was patch the tube. They
> may not have even completely removed the tire.
>
> If anyone has a suggestion or knows someone who might, I'd appreciate the
> feedback.
>
> Thanks,
> Roland in Santa Clara, CA
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