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Re: Wire Wheel???

To: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
Subject: Re: Wire Wheel???
From: "tomas pokrefke" <pokrefke@mail.mstar2.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 14:43:25 -0700
Larry:

A couple of turns of black electrical tape works wonders for me.  I do this on 
both the shoulder and the 'valley'.  I've been using this method for years with 
no ill effects.  I used to use duct tape, but I found the texture on the tape 
was transferring to the tube.  Not that it caused any problems, but.......

Just my $.02
Thomas



---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
Reply-To: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 14:36:33 -0500

>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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