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What are the toughest tubes I can get for my (most likely) inappropriate bike tires?

Bengston — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:03:27 -0800

What are the toughest tubes I can get for my (most likely) inappropriate bike tires? Ok, so a couple of weeks ago I decided to turn my nice old Schwinn Sports Tourer into a fixed gear bike. To do this I needed to get a new wheel set and for whatever dumb reason I decided to get another set of 27" wheels instead of switching over to the much more common 700 size. I didn't want to end up with another pair of 1-1/4" tires for the bike so I ordered some 27 x 7/8" FasGrip Slicks from Harris Cyclery. Unfortunately they are nearly impossible to get on the rims and require 2 people to push the last bit of them over the edge. Now, just a couple days after getting the bike all setup, I woke up to find a mysterious flat. Despite my ride home the night previous going off without a hitch, when I went to take the bike to school in the morning I found that the valve on the tube was nearly completely torn off. I don't want to have to buy new fatter tires to protect my tubes and end up sinking even more money into this bike, so I am looking for recommendations for a miracle tube that will be tough enough for me not to worry about.

Rim ding removal.

forallmankind — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 11:12:57 -0800

I want my car to look nice before I sell it - how can I get dings and scrapes out of the rims? The majority of the damage is of course on the front right, so it's not really worth buying a new set (approx $1000 on ebay). How do dealerships do it when they're selling used cars?

What's with all of the hubcap-less cars lately?

chococat — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 09:35:12 -0800

Is there some new lo-fi wheel style going on that I'm not aware of? Over the last little while here in Toronto, I've noticed so many cars without hubcaps. Just plain black wheels/rims. The first few times I noticed it, it was on Volkswagens, (Jettas, I believe), and I thought it was a stealing-VW-logo'd-hubcap thing. Then I noticed it was on all different sorts of cars and makes. Not specifically high-end or trendy cars, no pattern whatsoever. Who would want the rusted hubcaps of a Chevy Cavalier?
Maybe I'm naive, but it seems unlikely that there's a big spike in hubcab theft all of the sudden. And lots of the cars have, like mine, the kind of hubcaps that are underneath the lugnuts, so they're not just the snap-off kind...there would be some labour involved in stealing them.

Is Plain Wheel some inexplicable look that drivers are opting for? A trend, like rolling up one pant-leg or wearing a sandwich-sized knapsack?

I am looking at purchasing spinning rums on Ebay

AMWKE — Sun, 29 May 2005 23:46:37 -0800

I'm purchasing spinning rims off ebay and I'm looking for people who have used ebay frequently to inform me... The seller has dozens of other pairs of rims for sale, and he has sold 1100 items with a 99.0 percent rate, he has his own store and is a power seller.

Is there ANY danger in purchasing from him?

Also, anyone know any good places online to purchasing spinning rims?