Can't help you with the tyres, but it sounds like a beautiful bike. Bring it over here next time - Chris will fix all your punctures. He's really good at it.
You could of course buy some new wheels. B > On 24 Jul 2014, at 01:05, "Rick Womer" <[email protected]> wrote: > > My bicycle is a 1973-vintage Raleigh Super Course, in very good condition (if > you don't look too closely at the paint!), with all original parts except the > tires and pedals. Despite many thousands of miles it's still going strong. > > The problem is tires. > > Short version: The rims are "hookless" dimpled Weinmanns. Is there a modern > tire that will stay on a hookless rim? Or, how do a get a modern tire to stay > on? > > Long version: A few years ago my tires were worn out, and I replaced them; > but after a few months the tube herniated between the tire and rim and blew > out. Fortunately it was the rear, and I wasn't going fast. I was also passing > under a stone arch bridge, and the "bang!" was spectacular. > > So I replaced both tires with wire-rimmed, Kevlar-reinforced (for our > glass-and-nail-paved streets) Schwalbe Marathons. They rode well for a > couple of years (70psi front and rear), but Saturday the rear tire exhibited > the telltale bulge of incipient tubular herniation (ITH). > > Much time on Google has failed to provide an answer to this conundrum, so I > turn to the vast collective wisdom of The List. > > Cheers, > > Rick > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
