I, uh, I can't install a road clincher...
05-19-07, 05:15 AM
#1
Zig zag wanderer
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 47
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I, uh, I can't install a road clincher...
I bought some Vittorias packed folded in little boxes; out of the box these tires are "flat", ie. they don't have that C profile. This is a first for me! I can't install them the way I'm accustomed to, ie. by putting a slightly filled inner tube inside the tire and slipping them on the rim together, since the tire has no "inside" that could hold the inner tube. How does one install this kind of tires?
05-19-07, 05:25 AM
#2
40 something and counting
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: dallas/ft.worth texas
Posts: 422
Bikes: Colnago,Tsunami, Kestrel, Univega
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
just lay the tube on the inside of the tire, and kinda fold the tire around the tube until it looks just like the others you have used......
05-19-07, 05:26 AM
#3
Keep on climbing
I always just mount one side of the tire (so it's half on and half off), stuff a slightly inflated tube in there as best I can, and then wrestle the other side of the tire on. Once you get the second side started, it'll stay on.
05-19-07, 07:15 AM
#5
You Know!? For Kids!
Originally Posted by KevinF
I always just mount one side of the tire (so it's half on and half off), stuff a slightly inflated tube in there as best I can, and then wrestle the other side of the tire on. Once you get the second side started, it'll stay on.
__________________
Are you a registered member? Why not? Click here to register. It's free and only takes 27 seconds! Help out the forums, abide by our community guidelines.
Are you a registered member? Why not? Click here to register. It's free and only takes 27 seconds! Help out the forums, abide by our community guidelines.
