When I lived in Seattle I experimented with shellacking skinwalls to
prevent sidewall rot. It's worked out ok. Kind of DIY gumwall.
On Sunday, January 19, 2014 5:54:16 AM UTC-8, Jason Cloutier wrote:
Michael,
That's not a gumwall tire, it's a skinwall tire. A true gumwall tire has
a layer
Michael,
That's not a gumwall tire, it's a skinwall tire. A true gumwall tire has a
layer of rubber covering the sidewalls from bead to bead. The sidewalls
are covered with gum colored rubber without carbon black added, thus the
name. My old Schwinn Varsity had gumwall tires. My Surly has
We've come half-circle on appearances. In the 70s/80s, gumwalls looked
techy, edgy and fast. Now, it's blackwalls that look techy, edgy and fast,
while gumwalls (or challenge tan rubber) look traditional and laid back.
On Friday, January 17, 2014 8:00:59 PM UTC-6, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote:
Re: vintage MTB gumwalls
The '88 Schwinn Project KOM-10 I picked up recently still had on the
original Project KOM tires. They look a bit better than this pair (ended
with 0 bids, go figure) on eBay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=261272704228
However, the rubber is really
At that time only low end tires would have been black wall, not the kind of
serious enthusiast tires Panasonic, Mitsuboshi, Specialized and WTB were
making in Japan. High end clincher tires were meant to look like sew ups,
because that's what you saw on pro bikes. It stated with MTB tires and
On 01/17/2014 04:38 PM, Evan Baird wrote:
At that time only low end tires would have been black wall, not the
kind of serious enthusiast tires Panasonic, Mitsuboshi, Specialized
and WTB were making in Japan. High end clincher tires were meant to
look like sew ups, because that's what you saw
I got surprised with a new set of Challenge Parigi-Roubaix clinchers. I
have this tire in gumwall tubies, and have it blackwall clincher. When I
bought a set of brown/black clinchers, expected them to be gumwalls, but no
- they are heavy polymerized rubber just like the tread, but obviously
fyp:
They still look like awesome tires to me. One more example of how MTB
has perfected our aesthetic sense...
Philip
On Friday, January 17, 2014 1:59:56 PM UTC-8, Steve Palincsar wrote:
On 01/17/2014 04:38 PM, Evan Baird wrote:
At that time only low end tires would have been black
Hmm, back when I rode mountain bikes (ca 1984-89) the tires in general were
gumwall. And broke down after about 6 months. That was also the problem
with my last set of Pasela gumwalls. Barely 1000 miles before the sides
started to pull apart.
As one can tell, I prefer blackwalls for
In my experience gumwalls are suceptible to UV degradation and always seem to
fail before the tread as a result. On a much less important note, they show
dirt and grime.
I prefer blackwall. Tires are in constant contact with the ground; I don't need
them to look pretty anywhere near as much as
I love gumwalls!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64942209@N00/4103817724
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/4103814910/
Cheers,
David
it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride. - Seth Vidal
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Eric Platt epericmpl...@gmail.com wrote:
Hmm, back when I
The story I was told is that modern black wall tires came about because
Specialized was trying to copy some Japanese tires and the factory they
contracted with wasn't able to reproduce the amber sidewalls, so they just
covered the whole thing with black rubber and said this is the new thing,
On 01/16/2014 04:40 PM, Evan Baird wrote:
The story I was told is that modern black wall tires came about
because Specialized was trying to copy some Japanese tires and the
factory they contracted with wasn't able to reproduce the amber
sidewalls, so they just covered the whole thing with
It's exactly the same. Specialized was responsible for those ancient
blackwalls on English 3-speeds, too. FACT!
OK, just kidding, but here is a real story about Specialized. Working at a
Specialized dealer in the late 1980s we were amused to see some of the
Taiwan bike boxes with a typo.
Yes. The best video I've seen on the process is the one Schwalbe put out:
http://bit.ly/1iKh59F
On Monday, January 13, 2014 3:30:50 PM UTC-8, Michael wrote:
All that the casing is on gumwall, non-puncture protected Panaracer
tires is just a web of strands, embedded in rubber? Topped off
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