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From: Olympic Peninsula, WA
Bikes: '8? Ciocc Mockba 80, '82 Ron Cooper, '84 Allez, '86 Tommasini Racing, '86? Klein Quantum, '87 Ciocc Designer 84, '95 Trek 5500, '98 Litespeed Classic, '98 S-Works Mtb, 2017 Storck TIX
Originally Posted by
SJX426
WRT the comment about the bump due to the valve not seating in the rim. I am in the process of reading "The art of Wheel Building" where the author states that this is sometimes a problem. His solution or minimizing the impact, is to champfer the valve hole. The example picture shows material being removed toward the side wall of the rims.
hoping to get out today for a ride later. Temps should be really good!
Enjoy the ride!
I chamfered the valve hole on one of my tubular wheel sets to address "the bump". I was reluctant to remove too much material, but it made an improvement.
Dean
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