piwonka

does anyone here try to replicate the original stitch when they sew a tire back up?
i patched on last night and need to sew the sucker back up...

it looks like he just did a simple stitch here...
https://www.yellowjersey.org/tubfix.html

experience?

rschulze

yes, go through the same holes and then glue the base tape back on the tire

piwonka

i know to go through the same holes, what i'm wondering is if i need to try to do that locking stitch that the factory did.

i have some of this but it doesn't work too well attaching basetape on sprinters, is there something better to use?

OLDYELLR

Tire Life and Base Tape Cement are both the same stuff; water based latex. You need to coat both surfaces and let them "dry", just like rubber cement when patching tubes.

piwonka

oh ok, thanks. i'll try that. i was letting it dry some but not completely.

i got this tire done, relegated to spare duties. the threads are kinda tight i think. i'm gonna put it on and ride it around a bit before i glue the gatorskin on...i wanna see how bumpy the ride is