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Re: Grip tyres for 12V trains
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 20 Jul 2003 02:12:27 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jan-Albert van Ree wrote:
> Last year during a German Muelheim event, somebody from France showed how he
> made grip tires by cutting bicycle tires. The racing bike tires are very
> small and fit perfect. I'm sure a bike repair shop would be happy to give
> you some used inner tires.
Jan-Albert (*), when you say "inner tyre" do you mean the tube? (bike tyres have
a tube, that is a rubber doughnut with a valve, containing compressed air).
I ask it because racing bikes mostly use tubular (tubeless) tyres, which are a
kind of stronger tube that also works as tyre.
BTW, when I was a teen I had a racing bike with standard tyres (with tube)
because I liked to brake letting the back wheel skid on the asphalt. The year I
had that bike as a gift, the streets asphalt was re-laid, so, being new, it was
very abrasive....I often came back home with an exploded tyre... :-O
My parents, who knew me, choosed for this reason the cheaper tube tyres instead
of the more expensive tubular ones.
> Another solution would be shrinking tube as used in electronics. Comes in
> various sizes and colours and can be obtained from almost any electronics
> parts stores.
Also a fine idea...
bye,
G.
(*) if I remember correctly, you're nicknamed "Jab", aren't you?
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 | | Re: Grip tyres for 12V trains
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| (...) Yes the tube. My bike still has inner/outer tire so I assumed most still do. (...) I have many and that's one of them, although rarely used :D (23 years ago, 20-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Last year during a German Muelheim event, somebody from France showed how he made grip tires by cutting bicycle tires. The racing bike tires are very small and fit perfect. I'm sure a bike repair shop would be happy to give you some used inner (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains)
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