Greg Harding wrote:Hi Everyone,
David, love your work as always, what are you doing to celebrate your tyres 50th Birthday? Most don't last anywhere near that long,
my :Bultaco: M49 had Red tubes!
All of my years as a Sheet metal Worker bending and straightening Steel, Stainless Steel and Aluminum leads me to believe that you need to go past the desired amount to allow for flex. After a while, you develop a feel for when a material yields and how much you need extra for the desired angle but maybe I am doing it Wrong?
Or backwards if you Like?
No Greg you live in the real world. Your way of fixing motorbikes is the real thing. TV shows are just that, a show. You aren't the only one who cringes at mis-representations of reality in shows like that on TV.
As for the red tubes, I hope you kept them. Maybe they are even still be in use??
I bought a whole front wheel from the US recently and was a bit disappointed that the tyre had been de-pressurised (probably for safety) because I had been hoping to let some USA air out at this end in some weird kind of ceremony.
This week a trials riding friend was clearing out unwanted stuff and gave me some old trials tyres and a couple of them are quite interesting so I plan to post up some photos soon.