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fitting sew up tyres

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steve:
takes the very escense of existance from your soul
-a veritable for fooks sake, you must be cock smoking.
a trial for any a mild mannered person, culminating in a fury of rage ni on equivillent to the four horsemen knocking at your door.

Totally beaten an cheesed off
Steve

and i have to do six of the merts

lazychubs:
right first one took 4 of us to fit and loads of cable ties lol
second one i left it on me warm engine
so was a tad more flexible but still use cable ties to hold the bit you got on so far
didnt use the cement tho as havent a clue how you get it under the tyre lol
as they so bloody tight to the rim

zed4130:
i used sew ups on my road racer when i raced they are a pain in the arse i changed to normal type.I got my mate at the bike shop to do them  :'(

MartyC:
Yep, they are a pain the arse to put but can take super high pressure.  As Lazychubs says, the best way is to warm them up a bit to make them more pliable.  Plut the glue on the rim and let it dry until it is tactile but not fully dry, have some white spirit/panel wipe to hand and gently work the tub onto the rim starting from the valve seat out.  The best way is to push it on with your thumbs working around the rim on both sides at once.

Used to do these all the time on my road bikes, pain in the arse in the peeing rain, 50 miles from home I can tell you  :LolLolLolLol:

steve:
-yes i gathered the cable tie trick
-fitted them. was taking some cousins to hayes otday
-but had to do saink else in the end - tyupical

-bike looks nice tho!!!
-mmm stripped polished rims with radil chrome spokes and chrome sealed sr hubs
-1 cross on the rear

 :LolLolLolLol:

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