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21-06.-2008, 09:02 PM
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Re: Rear wheel 'too small'
"Pete Biggs" <p@pomegranateremovehighlyimpracticalfruitbiggs.tc> wrote in message news:6c404lF3du2a6U1@mid.individual.net... > Mark T wrote: > >> - I stick a bit of air in the tube, put it into the tyre, then put the >> tyre onto the rim. I will try putting the tube into the tyre *before* >> putting the bit of air in them. That would prevent any chance of >> stretching. > > A *small amount* of air (barely enough to round it out) won't stretch the > tube permanently and will make it easier to fit. Too much air, though, > will make the tube too big, and that might be the OP's problem. > > Replacing the wheel because the tube doesn't fit the tyre is one of the > most bonkers ideas I've ever read on this newsgroup. > I'm surprised that the original poster has failed to notice that since the tyre fits the wheel OK, the 'problem' lies with the tube(s) not the wheel. Though, there again, one can get fixed on a notion that is difficult to dislodge by others with unblinkered views - been there done that. |
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22-06.-2008, 06:31 PM
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Re: Rear wheel 'too small'
On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:50:36 -0700 (PDT)
Nat <natalie@fyne.co.uk> wrote: > I wonder if any of you have ever encountered this problem. Every time > I try to change the back wheel, I have some inner tube left over which > causes a bump. It is almost as though the wheel is just a bit too > small. I've been changing my own inners for years so I know all the > 'tips and tricks' but this darn thing won't blooming go in! > The bike is an old ammaco sport 6000 if it helps! > The tube doesn't really fit the rim, it fits the tyre and tyre fits the rim. Also the tube can't cause a bump (unless it's trapped under the tyre bead) - the tyre holds its own shape and the tube just holds the air inside the tyre. |
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