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Anyone tried glass reinforced packing tape as rim tape?
I'm having a problem with rim tape for my Velocity Aero rims and tight
fitting covers. The rims have a very shallow well. I've tried two fabric tapes: Schwalbe - it slides around and I end up with punctures on the edges of the hole. It dips into each hole and looks close to being cut through around the hole edge. Zefal - is strong, thick and has sharp edges. The thickness makes it even harder to fit or remove the 28-451 Stelvios. How about cross weave glass reinforced packing tape as it is thin, strong and cheaper than rim tape. Has anyone got any experience of using it as rim tape? The link below shows only over wide for my purpose, others have 12mm width, but this one shows the material better: http://www.seton.co.uk/perl/product.pl?productid=1574 There is a (probably superior) 3M product (8959). -- Martyn Aldis, e-mail ================================================== ============================ |
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Anyone tried glass reinforced packing tape as rim tape?
Yes to your Subject-line query. DAGS on RBT.
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Anyone tried glass reinforced packing tape as rim tape?
Yup, I have one bike that has had (the same) filament tape rim strip
for ~15 years. No problems. You don't need fancy 'cross weave' Plain old filament tape. If the tape is too wide, the filaments make great cutting guides for a box knife. Matt. |
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Anyone tried glass reinforced packing tape as rim tape?
Martyn Aldis wrote: I'm having a problem with rim tape for my Velocity Aero rims and tight fitting covers. The rims have a very shallow well. I've tried two fabric tapes: Schwalbe - it slides around and I end up with punctures on the edges of the hole. It dips into each hole and looks close to being cut through around the hole edge. Zefal - is strong, thick and has sharp edges. The thickness makes it even harder to fit or remove the 28-451 Stelvios. How about cross weave glass reinforced packing tape as it is thin, strong and cheaper than rim tape. Has anyone got any experience of using it as rim tape? The link below shows only over wide for my purpose, others have 12mm width, but this one shows the material better: http://www.seton.co.uk/perl/product.pl?productid=1574 There is a (probably superior) 3M product (8959). That'll work fine. Heck, I've used several layers of electrical tape and even some Tom Ridge endorsed duct tape, cut down to size. Ready made stuff is neater, that's for sure, but I've ridden years and years on electrical taped wheels with no problems. Shhh, don't tell anybody. The cheap plastic tape that the online marts sell is pretty nice as well, It's stretchy, so you an use a 26" set on a 700c rim with a little coersion. |
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Anyone tried glass reinforced packing tape as rim tape?
Martyn Aldis wrote in
: How about cross weave glass reinforced packing tape as it is thin, strong and cheaper than rim tape. Has anyone got any experience of using it as rim tape? Turns into a gooey mess after a few months on your rim. |
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Anyone tried glass reinforced packing tape as rim tape?
Ken wrote:
Martyn Aldis wrote in : How about cross weave glass reinforced packing tape as it is thin, strong and cheaper than rim tape. Has anyone got any experience of using it as rim tape? Turns into a gooey mess after a few months on your rim. Try the sticky side DOWN next time. eg |
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Anyone tried glass reinforced packing tape as rim tape?
In message .com,
D'ohBoy writes Yes to your Subject-line query. DAGS on RBT. D'ohBoy Is that Dags the plural of Dag in AUSSIE: http://www.anu.edu.au/andc/ozwords/O...0/TailDag.html As that puts us in the PODES could the other one be?: http://www.rbt.treasury.gov.au/ -- Martyn Aldis, e-mail ================================================== ============================ |
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Anyone tried glass reinforced packing tape as rim tape?
Martyn Aldis wrote:
I'm having a problem with rim tape for my Velocity Aero rims and tight fitting covers. The rims have a very shallow well. I've tried two fabric tapes: Schwalbe - it slides around and I end up with punctures on the edges of the hole. It dips into each hole and looks close to being cut through around the hole edge. Zefal - is strong, thick and has sharp edges. The thickness makes it even harder to fit or remove the 28-451 Stelvios. How about cross weave glass reinforced packing tape as it is thin, strong and cheaper than rim tape. Has anyone got any experience of using it as rim tape? The link below shows only over wide for my purpose, others have 12mm width, but this one shows the material better: http://www.seton.co.uk/perl/product.pl?productid=1574 There is a (probably superior) 3M product (8959). -- Martyn Aldis, e-mail ================================================== ============================ I have some Campagnolo Vento wheels that are exceptionally difficult to mount tires on. Extra large rim? Too shallow center? The supplied green plastic Michelin strip worked sort of OK for a couple years. Still needed two tire levers to get the tire off and one to get it back on. But it eventually cracked over the spoke holes and caused punctures. The spoke holes are extra large on the Vento wheels to fit the 5.5mm socket needed for the nuts/nipples inside the rim. Velox cloth tape does not allow the tire to be mounted at all. Cloth tape is too thick. Recently started using 3M packing tape bought at Home Depot. It comes in a variety of widths. 18mm is what fits my wheels. I put 3 layers of short 1" pieces of tape over each large spoke hole. Criss crossing them to get the weave effect. Then 1 layer around the whole rim. Might not need the strip around the entire rim and could just go with 4 layers over the spoke holes only. With only 16 holes per rim, its not too labor intensive. I replace the tape every 2 years just for insurance. Can now get by with just one tire lever to get the tire off and none to get it back on. Still a chore though. I also deflate the tires when the bike is not being ridden. This might be the key to keeping the tape from getting pushed too far into the large spoke holes. It is an inconvenience to inflate the tires before every ride, but at least I am 100% sure the tires are fully inflated and almost no chance of pinch flats. |
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Anyone tried glass reinforced packing tape as rim tape?
Yes. On double-wall rims, it works until it splits, and then the tube
blows out through the spoke hole. On single-wall rims, it works OK most of the time, but is still widely regarded as not a good idea if you have something better available. -- Typoes are a feature, not a bug. Some gardening required to reply via email. Words processed in a facility that contains nuts. |
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Anyone tried glass reinforced packing tape as rim tape?
snip Martyn's impertinence ;-)
DAGS = (D)o (A) (G)oogle (S)earch. D'ohBoy |
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