Home Made Rim Tape?

[Iwasgoodonce]

Velox cotton tape is best, although in extremis I have used insulating tape.

I see. I take it this stuff is slightly sticky and you cut it to the length you need? I didn't know that. How have I got this old without knowing about that stuff? Lucky I suppose. I don't get many punctures and none recently caused by not having proper rim tape.

However, in writing this thread no doubt I will have Temped Fate. I will buy some forthwith.

 

[hamster]

It's self adhesive (very!) and even has a punched hole to surround the valve. It seems to provide a nice padded bed to the rim and even out those high spots or tight radii that inner tubes can chafe on.

 

[Mike Muz]

Velox cotton tape is best, although in extremis I have used insulating tape.

I see. I take it this stuff is slightly sticky and you cut it to the length you need? I didn't know that. How have I got this old without knowing about that stuff? Lucky I suppose. I don't get many punctures and none recently caused by not having proper rim tape.

You obviously don't ride on council-miaintained roads

Velox is the way to go , lasts for ages . Better than that cheap plastic pony the shops put on bikes

 

[David B]

Velox cotton tape is best, although in extremis I have used insulating tape.

Another vote for cloth rim tape here (my latest Sonic build came with Mighty nylon tape which seems a good Velox alternative). You can get off-the-peg rubber ones (rather than old chopped up inner tubes) but they do tend to perish after a while, whilst some brands of plastic tape are a pig to fit and/or become brittle over time and snap. If you do go down the plastic/rubber route, Hermanns tape (from Finland IIRC) is better than a good many out there from personal experience.

David

 

[pigman]

sorry, talking all modern here, but my Ksyriums are best - no spoke holes showing and no rim tape needed - smooth as a baby's bum

back to proper bikes, Velox stuff is best and its available in different widths. not sure about the Op having funny sized wheels - its a roll of tape, not a hoop.

 

[Carge]

Wrong! I don't think I have ever found a single material that superglue works on, (apart from human skin obviously). In fact they should just call it skinglue.

Which of course was one of it's original uses.... sticking wounds together during the Vietnam war

 

[David B]

Wrong! I don't think I have ever found a single material that superglue works on, (apart from human skin obviously). In fact they should just call it skinglue.

Which of course was one of it's original uses.... sticking wounds together during the Vietnam war

Also, the stuff that caps on superglue bottles/tubes are made out of seems to stick together well enough. Infuriating. :x

David