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Re: Recond. wire wheels?

To: "Editors, Molecular Vision" <jboatri@emory.edu>
Subject: Re: Recond. wire wheels?
From: Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net>
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 21:15:43 +0100
Editors, Molecular Vision wrote:
> 
> 4. Is there a source for the big rubber band that fits around the rim (to
> protect the tube from the spoke ands)? Or is there a substitute (a pieces
> of an old tube?)

Carol in Texas, now cavorting with Barney, said she slathered a thin
coating of silcone seal all around the wheel to cover the spoke holes.
Then she popped in tubeless valve stems, mounted the tires, and they're
holding air.

Sounded like a pretty neat trick to me.

Bob Allen, '69CGT, '75TR6, '61Elva



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