Originally Posted by
noglider
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Kevindale, now that you've ridden your tires, swap your spare with your rear tire. Stretch the spare on the rim without adding glue. Inflate and leave it overnight. Then remove the tire, add glue to the rim, and wait an hour or so. Then mount the tire. Your new spare (former rear tire) is now tacky and suitable to put on when you're on the road. If you get a flat on the road, you'll notice that it takes less time to change a tire than to change the inner tube of a clincher tire.
To get the current rear off, I'm guessing I deflate and just keep massaging the sideways till it comes loose, and then peel it off?
Then, after I do the outlined process to the spare, and take it back off, do I apply another (perhaps thin) layer of glue to the rim before the current tire goes back on? Or is that unnecessary at that point?
Originally Posted by
AlexCyclistRoch
For those used tubulars, you need a bottle of liquid latex to adhere the base tape, as well as to add strength and water prevention to the cotton sidewalls.
Duly noted. Thanks.