I finished winterizing my garage and installed a heater this winter so we could work on the bikes.
I completely underestimated the impact of leaving these tires in the sun before installing them like we did last summer.
I broke the sidewall on the tire when installing it (tire was too cold), took the bike for a spin and the tire almost came off the rim, side wall failure near the rim lock.
Reset the tire, but in the process I over-torqued my tubliss rim-lock, another rookie mistake, striping the thread.
1st lesson - Huge kudos to Jeff at Nuetech for helping me out with a new rimlock for free. This was my mistake, but he still helped me out. I also discovered some shops now carry rim-locks for half the price of a full tubliss system.
2nd lesson - In my research to make these installs easier I found a thread from a guy who swore the hairdryer trick worked magic on this 4 ply tire, so I gave it a try. Got a cheap hairdryer, shoved it in the tire for 30 minute (move it every 5), and presto, my 4 ply was as flexible as a 2 ply tire, making the install soooooo easy it was a joke.
So there you have it...if you run into a tubliss issue, try out Jeff at Nuetech, he might come through for you, and get a 20$ hairdryer for your garage instead of ruining a 150$ tire
I completely underestimated the impact of leaving these tires in the sun before installing them like we did last summer.
I broke the sidewall on the tire when installing it (tire was too cold), took the bike for a spin and the tire almost came off the rim, side wall failure near the rim lock.
Reset the tire, but in the process I over-torqued my tubliss rim-lock, another rookie mistake, striping the thread.
1st lesson - Huge kudos to Jeff at Nuetech for helping me out with a new rimlock for free. This was my mistake, but he still helped me out. I also discovered some shops now carry rim-locks for half the price of a full tubliss system.
2nd lesson - In my research to make these installs easier I found a thread from a guy who swore the hairdryer trick worked magic on this 4 ply tire, so I gave it a try. Got a cheap hairdryer, shoved it in the tire for 30 minute (move it every 5), and presto, my 4 ply was as flexible as a 2 ply tire, making the install soooooo easy it was a joke.
So there you have it...if you run into a tubliss issue, try out Jeff at Nuetech, he might come through for you, and get a 20$ hairdryer for your garage instead of ruining a 150$ tire