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Old 11-04-17 | 09:28 AM
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From: The California Alps
Originally Posted by Doge


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The general case when bonding (adhesive and even brazing) is to focus on the strength of the bond, not the strength of the material. The traditional tubular glue job has a squishy layer of glue. Some glues used for track like shellac and Soyo are hard glues and dry hard and do not re-bond if broken. Crr tests showed this was better. Repeating what I said above... Rims being wider, better formed to fit the tire, tires wider, and glue better (Mastic One) and more flex than the hard glue, less than the older glue I found junior could use wheels heavily and have them sealed afterward. He'd destroyed front and back and the tires are fine. So I saw no need to go back to the heavy glue tradition.

Rims being wider . . . I'm just curious, here. Let's say I bought this old vintage bike that came with old-style Ambrosia alloy rims. Would you recommend more layers of glue or would you still adhere to your one-layer process. I ask because now and then I come across old bikes on Craigslist that do feature tubular rims.
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