Originally Posted by
RustyJames
I’m guilty of this too. Also, another bike lands in my lap because it was too good to pass up so I have ANOTHER project.
I have a bike that was coming to gather fabulously and I started to put a tire on a rim it was a nightmare. VERY difficult to mount and after fighting for very long time it is mounted but I keep thinking if I get a flat I will be kinda screwed. The rear wheel is still naked until I get hit by a lightning bolt of brilliance. I’ll try a different tire and see if that eases my mind. Someday I’ll get around to it…
1) When the full butted 531 Carlton Franco-Suisse landed in my lap (Christmas gift from my wife's sister, who hadn't ridden it in years), who was I to say no?
2) Tire-to-rim fit is my greatest single bicycling pet peeve. Whatever happened to tires that could be removed and remounted with simple tire levers, for quick on-the-road repairs? I am giving up on vintage rims, such as my Campag. Omegas, completely because it is such a *itch to mount any tires on them. I am hoping Sun rims are better in this regard, in which case I can look forward to a rash of wheel building over Christmas vacation.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069