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you raced pro? Far out! Did you have a mechanic handling your tire gluing, or were you doing it yourself. If you did it yourself was it worth the hassle? I say
by 1-more 5y ago
you raced pro? Far out! Did you have a mechanic handling your tire gluing, or were you doing it yourself. If you did it yourself was it worth the hassle? I say this as someone who spent an hour this morning cleaning a chain with two different solvents, a brush, and an ultrasonic bath just so I could dip it in boiling wax in the hopes that I won't have to clean it so much in the future, so I'm not making fun of how you spend your bike maintenance time.
- mikestew 5y agoI raced with pros. :-) But apologies if my wording was misleading, I was never good enough for the big show. I did, however, glue my own tires. It wasn't that much of a hassle, really. Cover the rim, let it dry, cover it with another coat, coat the tape on the tire with glue, let it all dry overnight again. The trick is to not be in a hurry, which pro mechanics might not have the luxury. Hence, I've never had a tire come off. It's been ages since I've done it (quit racing a while ago), but I bet it doesn't take an hour to do a set of tires. I had also been doing it since the early 80s, so lots of practice.