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Originally posted by Gordon Yeo
Or you can just us the proper tire lubricant and put North American tyres on British rims. Mine popped up onto the rims at 25 lb of air pressure.
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It's not the getting on, Gordon, it's the getting off later if you have a flat. Calculate for a second the force that is pushing the bead out at 25 pounds per square inch. A quick guesstimate would be easily between 1200 and 1300 lbs. per side. I found out first hand how hard it is to remove a tyre when the bead hasn't been trimmed. Fortunately, the back side of the tyre came loose from the rim allowing me to effect repairs. I now trim all U.S. tyres with a very sharp hunting knife before installing them on CMP rims. Keep a stone handy, you'll need to resharpen the knife often.
03-10-06, 09:01
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