To begin with I live in Hong Kong and my LBS owner has limited English abilities. Long story short, I have a pair of Vittoria Corsa G+ tubulars on Easton AC90 aero wheels. I'm not sure which tape was used. Everything was fine for several months. When I came home from a month long vacation the tyres were deflated, latex tubes, and I noticed the tyres were peeling back from the rim. When pulling slightly on the tyres I can see the Vittoria brand name on the bottom of the tyre.
I have two questions.
Can they be reattached with new tape? I have Mariposa tape.
The rear wheel needs truing. Can I remove the tyres and then reattach?
I was originally going to have the tyres glued on, but the meaning was lost in translation with the shop owner and the tyres were taped on...
Thx
tube tape coming loose
Moderator: robbosmans
caveat: i've never used tape, only glue..
perhaps the base tape (which has a coating) had picked up some grease so that it never had a good bond?
you could try inflating to full pressure, leave for a day, then deflate, see if the pressure has stuck them again, if not then you'll need to redo
yes you can remove and reglue/retape a tub, when removing take care not to tear/separate the base tape
perhaps the base tape (which has a coating) had picked up some grease so that it never had a good bond?
you could try inflating to full pressure, leave for a day, then deflate, see if the pressure has stuck them again, if not then you'll need to redo
yes you can remove and reglue/retape a tub, when removing take care not to tear/separate the base tape
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You could glue the wheels yourself once you remove the tape. It is pretty easy. There is a lot of information on this site about how to do so.
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