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Re: Tubes?

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Subject: Re: Tubes?
From: "Ed Woods" <fogbros@nb.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:53:54 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"
And if you're using radial tires, be sure to use "radial" tubes; tubes made
to be used with radial tires.  Your local Michelin dealer may still be able
to get them. J.C. Whitney used to carry them.

Ed Woods
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From: JAMES_S_WALLACE@HP-Canada-om1.om.hp.com
<JAMES_S_WALLACE@HP-Canada-om1.om.hp.com>
To: sweisman@gis.net <sweisman@gis.net>
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 9:46 AM
Subject: Tubes?


>
>     Sumner wrote:
>
>     "Those 1963 rims were never made for tubeless tires -- they used tubes
>     in those days.  Even if you are able to seal around the edges with the
>     sealants used today, my experience has been that the tires will
>     gradually lose air.  After going through what you are going through, I
>     simply added tubes.  Problem solved.
>
>     Sumner Weisman
>     62 TR-3B
>     Previously 70 MGB-GT  (same problem)"
>     **************************************************
>     OK, all you tube proponents. What's different about these rims?
>     They're made of steel, the shape seems the same (but maybe not...),
>     they don't have spokes, and these cars were available with radials,
>     so, what did people do who wanted to use tubeless tires in 1963? Did
>     they all say "Well, we aren't really ready for tubeless yet, so we'd
>     better use tubes, our rims aren't sophisticated enough?" I really
>     thought the world had moved to tubeless already; am I in error about
>     this?
>     And, do all you TR3 owners have tubes? I always thought tubes were for
>     tires that were getting kind of old, or spoked wheels that were leaky.
>
>     Sumner: please don't take this as a shot at you personally; I've had
>     several comments such as yours and just want to get this clear in my
>     mind.
>
>     For the record: after bead-blasting, my rims are like new. There is no
>     rust around the perimeter at all, and the surface is smoooooth.
>
>     My apologies if this sounds overly aggressive. It isn't meant to be.
>
>     Regards,
>     Jim Wallace
>
>


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