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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
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<blockquote data-quote="Albervin" data-source="post: 30228" data-attributes="member: 586"><p>Thought.... Inner tubes often (usually) come with 2 nuts. I install the tube so the valve sits in the indent in the rim, no nut on the inside of the wheel rim. I have seen people fit a tube with a nut inside the rim and the "locknut" on the outside. I only finger-tighten the nut on the outside of the rim and never use the 2nd nut. I know some people who use the nut to "lock" the valve cap and allow a little movement of the tube. One person who does the latter has done major intercontinental riding, 2 up, with a lot of luggage. Also, he is not, ahem, light of frame. I check my tyre pressures weekly or, if the bike is not used regularly, before each ride. For some reason my front tube on the Rap loses 2 psi a week but the rear is stable for months. Much conjecture about Arthur Farrow's front wheel but that is all it can be as the ripped valve could have been the cause or the result of the incident. He was not braking at the time. Any CSI people may beg to differ but the bike had just been transported via ship, brand new front rim, brand new tyre and brand new tube....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Albervin, post: 30228, member: 586"] Thought.... Inner tubes often (usually) come with 2 nuts. I install the tube so the valve sits in the indent in the rim, no nut on the inside of the wheel rim. I have seen people fit a tube with a nut inside the rim and the "locknut" on the outside. I only finger-tighten the nut on the outside of the rim and never use the 2nd nut. I know some people who use the nut to "lock" the valve cap and allow a little movement of the tube. One person who does the latter has done major intercontinental riding, 2 up, with a lot of luggage. Also, he is not, ahem, light of frame. I check my tyre pressures weekly or, if the bike is not used regularly, before each ride. For some reason my front tube on the Rap loses 2 psi a week but the rear is stable for months. Much conjecture about Arthur Farrow's front wheel but that is all it can be as the ripped valve could have been the cause or the result of the incident. He was not braking at the time. Any CSI people may beg to differ but the bike had just been transported via ship, brand new front rim, brand new tyre and brand new tube.... [/QUOTE]
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