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10-02-2009, 01:35 PM
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Tire liners
Well I got my City trecking tires by Michelin with protek plus, new tubes, and slime tire liners. I cant seam to get the tire liners in so thay sit flat and are centered. is there some thing I don't know or am I doing it wrong. any tricks that help???
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10-02-2009, 01:41 PM
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I've seen a friend tape them into the tire before installing it onto the rim.
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10-02-2009, 03:00 PM
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slime tire liners? sounds more gooey than slidey
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10-02-2009, 03:25 PM
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Thay are made by slime thay feel like a soft vinal, I was thinking maybe a little heat from a hair dryer,
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10-02-2009, 04:13 PM
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What I do is put 1/2 of the tire on, and inflate the tube a little. It needs to be inflated just enough to hold the liner in place, while you tuck in between the tube and tire, through the open side. You can adjust it to you satisfaction from there, then pop the other half/side of the tire on, inflate, and ride the wee out of it!! I use liners in my MTB tires, and have taken them off several times, and once I figured out this technique, it has bee very easy!! HTH!!
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10-02-2009, 06:26 PM
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How much do the liners help keep from getting flats?
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10-02-2009, 08:49 PM
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cosmtbfan thanksfor the the tip, it seamed to work I got bouth tires changed with new tubes and liners, + the tires have a belt of somthing, PROTEK PLUS, rode good with 85# in them 26x1.85s
Cyclepro I don't know how good the liners work but 2 flats a week I had to try somthing
I like the looks of them Michelen City trecking tires. I will let you know how thay work out for me.
Last edited by wild; 10-02-2009 at 08:52 PM.
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10-03-2009, 02:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wild
cosmtbfan thanksfor the the tip, it seamed to work I got bouth tires changed with new tubes and liners, + the tires have a belt of somthing, PROTEK PLUS, rode good with 85# in them 26x1.85s
Cyclepro I don't know how good the liners work but 2 flats a week I had to try somthing
I like the looks of them Michelen City trecking tires. I will let you know how thay work out for me.
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I had some kevlar liners in my old road bike 10-15 years ago, and they worked very well at preventing flats, even here in goat-headville. The advent of kevlar belted tires has pretty much obviated the need for them.
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10-04-2009, 06:00 PM
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DAS BOOT!!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cyclepro
How much do the liners help keep from getting flats?
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They work ok, but I think that if I hit a gnarly enough sticker or something, I'll have a flat anyway. After I bought the liners, I found that my flats were coming from the rim. They were not deburred enough where they drilled through the inner wall of the wheel!! DOH!! Once I deburred all of the holes, my flat tire problem was fixed!!
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10-04-2009, 09:15 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by COSMTBFAN
After I bought the liners, I found that my flats were coming from the rim. They were not deburred enough where they drilled through the inner wall of the wheel!! DOH!! Once I deburred all of the holes, my flat tire problem was fixed!!
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Shouldn't rim tape prevent this?!
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