Continental GP 5000s on vintage rims
07-09-23, 08:17 AM
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I put a pair of new GP5000s on a 95 Cannondale with Wolber somethings and they went on like a new pair of GP4000s--tight but I'm sure they will stretch. (I have recently made a bad decision by reusing a pair of Matrix rims on a new wheel build. I should have cut those wheels into little pieces. Nothing fits on them.)
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they stretch, my 32mm tires were only like 29mm at first but now that are like 33mm and wearing out, super easy to get on and off now(it was a flat in the hot sun tho so I agree with heating them up) and initially they were a nightmare to get on and my hands hurt the next day even
07-12-23, 09:17 AM
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[QUOTE=RiddleOfSteel;22947973]. I'm full Kapton tape on everything now. Two layers does it. 5/8" wide serves me well. ]
Do you ever have to cut the tape narrower for older rims? Does it fully cover the holes on newer, wider rims?
Do you ever have to cut the tape narrower for older rims? Does it fully cover the holes on newer, wider rims?
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not sure if they count as vintage, but didn't have a problem with the 5000 on mavic open pro, for what it's worth
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[QUOTE=tgot;22950982]I've used this tape on Mavic MA2 and MA40s, Open Pros, H+Son TB14s, Pacenti Brevets and Matrix Iso C II rims. The Matrix rims were narrow, so maybe the easier-to-find 1/2" Kapton tape is an easier install, but the tape is so thin, that even it running up the inner wall (brake track area) a touch doesn't effect things as the tire's bead mounts higher up that wall, on the hook. The TB14 and Brevet rims are 23mm external, and the 5/8" width does cover those holes sufficiently, but one has to be diligent in aligning the tape over the holes evenly. And if in doubt, a third pass is not going to appreciably thicken things to the point of affecting tire installment.
