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Forum: Mountain Biking
12-21-13, 06:11 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,463
Posted By zacster

So here was the thing about putting air in the...

So here was the thing about putting air in the tube as I put the tire on, this being something I always do with my road bike so as to not pinch the tube under the bead as I put the tire on using...
Forum: Mountain Biking
12-20-13, 09:34 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,463
Posted By zacster

Too late I already have the parts for a wheel. I...

Too late I already have the parts for a wheel. I really only need lights anyway. And the flat today with all the fussing made me late so I needed lights. Good thing I always have them anyway.
Forum: Mountain Biking
12-20-13, 05:25 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,463
Posted By zacster

Well here it is 9 months later and I got a flat...

Well here it is 9 months later and I got a flat on that wheel and tire. I went to put my spare tube in and found that it was a schraeder tube, and my pump and rim is presta. So I go to patch the...
Forum: Mountain Biking
03-31-13, 06:34 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,463
Posted By zacster

I've read through all the Peter White pages. The...

I've read through all the Peter White pages. The problem is what is never said, and that's that you can get brighter lights with batteries these days. That's probably only been true for a few years...
Forum: Mountain Biking
03-30-13, 10:20 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,463
Posted By zacster

An update: Back on 3/3 I put the tire on,...

An update:

Back on 3/3 I put the tire on, and I've been riding it since, although not that much due to the weather. My son has an almost identical bike, but not wheels, and he had gotten a flat...
Forum: Mountain Biking
03-03-13, 07:59 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,463
Posted By zacster

So I tried something later in the day, I put a...

So I tried something later in the day, I put a 26x1.1 tube in it instead of the 26x1.5 in it. I then put some air in it so that it would stay in the tire and not along the rim and mounted the tire. ...
Forum: Mountain Biking
03-03-13, 12:00 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,463
Posted By zacster

I might give the Wild Run'r 1.1 a try. These are...

I might give the Wild Run'r 1.1 a try. These are basically road tires made to fit a MTB wheel. I'll see if the foldable bead makes it easier to mount. They usually stretch a little better.
Forum: Mountain Biking
03-02-13, 05:34 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,463
Posted By zacster

I know how tires should feel when being mounted,...

I know how tires should feel when being mounted, I've been doing this for almost 50 years. I know all the tricks. I could write the articles myself. This one is different.
Forum: Mountain Biking
03-02-13, 03:52 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,463
Posted By zacster

Rim vs. Tire, that is one tight fit

I have a older front wheel with a Matrix MTB Aero rim, and I put a Michelin Wild Run'r 26x1.4 slick on it. This tire is almost impossible to get on or off. I've already bent a tire iron, broke...
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