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A Pleasant Discovery - Tyre Mounting

Old 04-17-13, 11:17 AM
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A Pleasant Discovery - Tyre Mounting

Every once in awhile you get a tyre / rim that just don't play well together and I normally prep things with a little talc to keep the tube from sticking to the tyre and a little dish soap and water works pretty well as a tyre mounting solution for troublesome combinations but has to be kept wet as dried soap gets sticky.

I was changing the tyres on my auto bike, which is the folder that lives in the boot of my car, and the Comet Primos I run in the summer have always been a pain in the keester to get mounted up front... the usual suspects were not helping and then I got to thinking.

My daughter has luxurious long hair that tangles easily so we buy Mane and Tail detangler and conditioner and this has got to be one of the slipperiest things known to mankind... I have accidentally sprayed a little on the tile floor and it reduces friction to absolute zero.

I now think I have discovered the best tyre mounting compound ever devised... I sprayed a little around the bead where things were sticky, inflated the tyre to a little beyond it's 100 psi rating and poppity pop, the tyre seated itself without any profanity on my part.



Thinking it might also work on wooden drawer slides...
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Don't get any of that stuff on the brake track, tho, or it will be slippery where you don't want it to be!
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If you tyres grow thick lustrous hair what are you going to do?
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Don't forget to bring it with you in case you get a flat on the road. I never run tires that I can't fix with the tools in my bike bag.
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Originally Posted by cycle_maven
Don't get any of that stuff on the brake track, tho, or it will be slippery where you don't want it to be!
I want to test this... am not sure if braking action will be affected or how long it would take to rub it off.

It washes away with shampoo and water so would not be hard to remove if there was some overspray.
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Originally Posted by jsharr
If you tyres grow thick lustrous hair what are you going to do?
I have sprayed it on my own head... there is nothing to de-tangle and it isn't getting and more luxurious.
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So, uh, why did you want to eliminate friction on your head...?
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So, uh, why did you want to eliminate friction on your head...?
Given that this is the internet, I'm not sure we want to know....
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Fabric softener should work as well and be a lot cheaper. Basically the same thing quaternary ammonium salts. Ed
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So, uh, why did you want to eliminate friction on your head...?
It reduces wind resistance when I ride without a helmet.
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There used to be a product called "Girdle Glide." It was an aerosol spray containing Teflon and was used to facilitate ...Er...tight clothing (no, really). I have a can of it that is so old the propellant is exhausted. I used it in lab experiments.

It would have made a great tire mounting assist.
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Given that this is the internet, I'm not sure we want to know....
You've seen that vid too, huh?

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