Perhaps its time to invest in a floor pump...(I have one, a Silca, but it's currently on the other side of the globe...)
And thanks for the talc tip. I religiously talc the inside of my tires, but never thought to apply talc to the bead. Gernot On Jun 22, 5:23 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 02:59 -0700, Earl Grey wrote: > > > In the places where the measurements were smaller, I noticed that the > > slight ridge on the tire near the bead (that presumably is there to > > let you gauge whether the bead is seated equally all around the tire) > > was partly buried under the rim, despite the fact that I pinched the > > tires near the rim when partially inflated to help seat the bead. > > That's correct, and if yours is uneven you have a bead seating issue. > If hand manipulation doesn't work, try over-inflating, or try initially > using talc to assist in seating the tire. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
