My second install of a new mousse, third ever mousse install. As usual, wrenching the night before a ride. Was pleased it went relatively smoothly, until I loaded bike in the morning. What's that blue by the rim?
To speed things (did I mention last minute wrenching), I kept the rim strap instead of taping rim. Figured it would be fine for a mousse. I guess forcing the mousse into the tire must have pushed the rim strap out of rim in one spot and I completed the install like that.
I wasn't about to unload and try to fix. Wasn't sure what it might hurt, and kind of hoped it would fix itself. Everything was well-lubed, and the strap was under tension...
Sure enough, 1/2 hour into ride I checked and the sliver of blue was gone. May or may not have returned fully to right place, but I won't worry about it. But will tape the rim next time
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To speed things (did I mention last minute wrenching), I kept the rim strap instead of taping rim. Figured it would be fine for a mousse. I guess forcing the mousse into the tire must have pushed the rim strap out of rim in one spot and I completed the install like that.
I wasn't about to unload and try to fix. Wasn't sure what it might hurt, and kind of hoped it would fix itself. Everything was well-lubed, and the strap was under tension...
Sure enough, 1/2 hour into ride I checked and the sliver of blue was gone. May or may not have returned fully to right place, but I won't worry about it. But will tape the rim next time
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