http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Rim tape options? en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:18:52 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3754#post-39522 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:26:53 +0000 Smudge 39522@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Frustrating isn't it, and alarming if you're near it!(and actually nothing to do with "experimentation" ;-p :-D )<br /> Haven't yet removed the tube as it's a non-rush job just now and currently being pushed aside by many more important jobs :-/<br /> I'll get to it though :-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3754#post-39474 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 23:09:43 +0000 DaveC 39474@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Smudge, I have had a very similar experience.</p> <p>I replaced my Dawes' tyres 35s with 28s when it got warmer this year, and tried the multi stage pumping to ensure no trapped innertube. Pumped it up, no apparent bulges, so went inside to wash my hands having rested the bike on my wall. My neighbour came home with her family in tow and just as they drove up BANG!!! She even stopped and came out of her car before getting into her drive to see what had happened. One flat tyre and a tube with a tear 4 inches long was the answer.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3754#post-39471 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:56:16 +0000 Cyclingmollie 39471@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Or Fond de Jante. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3754#post-39469 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:39:29 +0000 wee folding bike 39469@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Velox. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3754#post-39458 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 12:32:10 +0000 crowriver 39458@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's what you get for using "imagination". :p </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3754#post-39452 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:24:54 +0000 Smudge 39452@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lol,<br /> Well the improvised rim tape was fine, but the Continental GP tyre was a right sod to fit, (I've fitted easier motorbike tyres!), and although I inflated it carefully in three stages to reach full pressure, it seems I must've pinched the tune somewhere, as about five minutes after leaving it to get a cuppa there was a loud noise from the garage and I found my newly fitted tyre flat :(<br /> Now in the huff with it! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3754#post-39451 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 08:46:58 +0000 Min 39451@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>10 out of 10 for practicality.<br /> 0 out of 10 for imagination.. :-P </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3754#post-39446 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:56:47 +0000 Cyclingmollie 39446@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yep, nothing better to tape a rim than rim tape. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3754#post-39437 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:17:02 +0000 crowriver 39437@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>On the rare occasions where I've had to replace rim tape or tape a new rim, I just go to my LBS (usually Leith Cycle Co.) and buy some. Unsurprisingly, works fine! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3754#post-39424 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:51:41 +0000 Min 39424@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have only ever had to replace rim tape once and I did it by cutting an old inner tube into a strip. Wasn't easy though.. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3754#post-39420 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:20:24 +0000 wingpig 39420@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Doubled-(or tripled-)-over duck tape makes less of a sticky mess of a rim than insulating tape. I bought a roll of fabric stuff for my self-build wheel which will probably make a sticky mess of the rim as it had that soft, stretchy adhesive on it. Best stuff I've had is the circle of very slightly stretchy plastic which came with oldbike's wheels and stretches just enough to be ported between wheels. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3754#post-39419 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:31:20 +0000 chdot 39419@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Any old 'electrical' tape is usually OK</p> <p>Crucial things are -</p> <p>a) cover spoke heads (or holes in double skinned rim)</p> <p>b) make sure doesn't go up sides of rim and interfere with seating of tyre. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3754#post-39418 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:43:57 +0000 Smudge 39418@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Afternoon all!<br /> Having just gone to change a tyre/tube and discovered the wheel needs rim tape (which I don't have here) I wondered if the forummers here use off the shelf rim tape or just whatever insulating/duct/zinc oxide comes to hand...? </p>