Post by wotavidone on Sept 4, 2006 0:01:22 GMT -5
Gents,
I ordered a new front trye for my '78. A nice chunky retro looking, hang on in the gravel sort of thing, rather than a semi slick sport bike sort of tyre.
I coulda sworn that the manual said the tyres had tubes in them, so that is what I ordered, but I was wrong. I took the wheel off yesterday so I could take it down to the shop for fitting the new tyre. That was easy, so I thought I'd take off the old front tyre myself. That's when I realised it was a tubeless tyre, and the new one requires a tube.
As we say here in OZ - bugger.............
So here's the question, since the dealer is unlikely to want to take back a tyre I special ordered, can I minimise my losses by putting a tube in?
Specifically, does anyone know whether the valve stem on a tube will fit where the tubeless valve stem goes on my '78 model mag wheel?
Regards,
Mick
I ordered a new front trye for my '78. A nice chunky retro looking, hang on in the gravel sort of thing, rather than a semi slick sport bike sort of tyre.
I coulda sworn that the manual said the tyres had tubes in them, so that is what I ordered, but I was wrong. I took the wheel off yesterday so I could take it down to the shop for fitting the new tyre. That was easy, so I thought I'd take off the old front tyre myself. That's when I realised it was a tubeless tyre, and the new one requires a tube.
As we say here in OZ - bugger.............
So here's the question, since the dealer is unlikely to want to take back a tyre I special ordered, can I minimise my losses by putting a tube in?
Specifically, does anyone know whether the valve stem on a tube will fit where the tubeless valve stem goes on my '78 model mag wheel?
Regards,
Mick
