H: Hubs, Wheels and Tyres Buying Tyres for a Rapide

[Texas John]

OK.
First, Big Ed. The button heads are inside the rim so Texas John is correct, in that the forces would tend to push the buttons into the rim. I will also tell you the first one I did stuck out too far so after a couple of days I decided to take it out and change it for a shorter one. Had to beat the (*&&^ out of it to remove it, So NO I have absolutely no concern whatsoever....

PS, I'm not the first person who has done this.

I mistook "inside the rim" as being into the shallow drop down area of the rim on the tire/tube side (and less visible) but that is the outside of the rim whereas you are speaking of inside being towards the hub (and more visible); that side would also not have concerns about centrifugal forces causing them to come loose. My mistake.

 

[BigEd]

OK.
First, Big Ed. The button heads are inside the rim so Texas John is correct, in that the forces would tend to push the buttons into the rim. I will also tell you the first one I did stuck out too far so after a couple of days I decided to take it out and change it for a shorter one. Had to beat the (*&&^ out of it to remove it, So NO I have absolutely no concern whatsoever....

PS, I'm not the first person who has done this.

I more or less said the same as Texas John that the buttons will be held in place by centrifugal force. I think there is little chance that they or the tyre will move. Poor choice of wording on my behalf regarding the tyre moving. I removed the security bolts from my rims and have never bothered to block off the holes and covered tens of thousands of miles with no problems.