Tire fitting issue....
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Tire fitting issue....
So, I just got my Kilo TT.
Got my new Gatorskins.
Mounted them, rear is fine. Front rubs on the underside of the brake caliper.....WTH...
I am at a loss if there is anything I can do besides change the tire or the caliper....and it will be the tire as I have a few older tires with life in them.
New tire is a 700x25... any advice?
Got my new Gatorskins.
Mounted them, rear is fine. Front rubs on the underside of the brake caliper.....WTH...
I am at a loss if there is anything I can do besides change the tire or the caliper....and it will be the tire as I have a few older tires with life in them.
New tire is a 700x25... any advice?
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Just looked again, I 'think' most or even all of the rubbing is the 'extra' tire bit from the injection molding, that will where off in a few miles so I might just try to ride it a little and see if it fixes itself.
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the brakes that comes with the Kilo TT off BD has a very weird fit. I took a look when my friend bought his kilo back in May. If u swap the front brake for a cheapo Tektro front brake off bikeisland, ur tires will clear. Otherwise, what I did for my friend as a quick fix is just make the brake arms very close to the rim. When the arms are closer, the underside of the axle lifts a little. Just enough to clear his tires. Just that his brakes became really really responsive. So that's a quick fix if u wanna go that route. But my friend was running 23s. I'm not sure about 25s.
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