g-funk,

Super Corsa? Cinelli or Bianchi?

There are a lot of tubular tips if you search but my VERY short list would be.

- Pre-stretch the tire by standing inside tire and gently yet firmly pull up on it, rotate a bit and repeat until you have gone all the way around.

- Put on dry rims, inflate a tiny bit, straighten, inflate to 120 lbs or so. Leave on rims for a week or so.

- Clean the old crap off your rims, rough them up with sand paper or steel wool. Clean with Acetone.

- **BEST TIP EVER** , not mine but out of the archives, Mask off the side walls of your rims with masking tape!! I use strips about 10 inches long in a straight line and overlap them around the rims. Then take a sharp blade and run it around the rim and trim off the edge above the rim.

- File or sandpaper the base tape to knock off the latex gloss and rough it up.

- I use disposable flux brushes that you can buy at Home Depot/Lowes to spread the glue.

- One light even coat on the rims and let dry.

- Inflate the tires until they start to roll inside out and then carefully glue the base tape from edge to edge all around the tire.

- When the tires are completely dry put another coat of glue on ONE rim, deflate (I leave a little air in) the tire and mount it as straight as possible. Inflate till slightly firm and adjust the tire on rim so that the sidewalls are even on both sides and then inflate to 120 lbs or so and give them a spin. If they look wonky, deflate a little and straighten again.

- When straight, inflate to 120 lbs or so and leave them for at least 24 hrs.