. . . when you take your new tubulars to your non-tri LBS to have them glued to your race wheels, and you get the wheels back with glue all over the sidewalls. It looks like shit and I am anal as hell.
And yes, I bought the tires and some other expensive items from my LBS. In fact, I paid a premium for all the items I purchased b/c I want the shop as an option and I like to buy local when I can.
What is protocol?
Wow. That is diappointing. A clean glue job is not only important for the appearance of the bike but it means your braking surface is clean too. That is a shame. Realistically, there is no excuse for that.
You mean you can’t glue your own tubs on ?
Glue 'em on yourself. Its fairly easy to learn and very theraputic…
I have no idea how to glue them on. I guess I could learn. And I probably could have done a job that was at least as good as what I received.
But the real questions have not been answered. Do I tear off the messed up tires and purchase two new $90 tires and go at it myself? Is there a way to get the glue off the sidewalls without damaging the tire or compromising the current glue job?
Anthes, normally, I would take this opportunity to plaster your ass. However, I would agree with your being pissed.
I worked in a ski shop for many years and if we let any skis out with “boogers” or wax residue on the top sheet, the boss man would kill us. Those wheels should come back to you cleaned up.
As to going back and bitching, well, that is a dilemma. Unfortunately in this day and age it seems like the customer is not always right and you run the risk of pissing these guys off- which is bullshit. You know what I mean- you could get the old- “anthes is a pain in the ass treatment” and get put in the back of the line for repairs the night before your next big race. Screw it, I take them back in, and politely tell them you’re pissed.
BTW- how was the duathlon in GR- see you at willow? Bring it assbag.
Deeg
I don’t want to answer for Trianthes but,sometimes its easier to pay someone to do it for you… Sometimes I cahnge my own oil, sometimes i don’t. I never wash my own truck. I go to the car wash.
I don’t cut my own hair,anymore. I pay the hottie down the street to shave my legs while I could easily do it myself. Thats the nice part about having money, you pay people to do what you either don’t want or don’t know how to do.
Can’t he just use a little solvent - paint thinner, nail polish remover, etc. to take the glue off?
You’re too kind. I was expecting a thrashing from you if you read this. And I will see you at Willow, skanky wheels and all.
Yeah - tell me about it. I wished I lived closer to Bikesport. If I use a solvent to clean the glue will I hurt the tires?
NOTE: Do not use paint stripper or other strong solvents on carbon rims. Any solvent strong enough to cut the old glue will be strong enough to potentially damage the matrix of the carbon fiber. If there is excessive glue build up, apply a thin coat glue and then scrape off excess, effectively using the new glue as a “solvent”.
From this article :
I learned to do it myself, it’s not hard
why can’t you tear them off, clean the rims, and then redo it?
unless the rims are carbon
He said sidewalls as in the sidewalls of the tires, not the rims. At least that was my reading of the post.
Wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute…
You can pay people to shave your legs? I would love to farm that work out with little regard to the cost. Is this done at a salon? A specialist? How far up do they do? Is it negotiable?
Details dammit, I need details!
I can understand the frustration when you pay someone to do something, and then I end up feeling like they did a poor job. I think glue on the braking surface is doing a poor job.
I would agree with the advice to glue the tire on your self. Recently a friend of mine got a flat during a competition. After a half an hour he finally gave up trying to strip the tire off the rim – when he took it back to the bike shop that glued it for him it took them 15 minutes to get the tire off!
Learn how to glue it so you can put the correct type and amount of glue.
I sent you a quick guide to gluing tubulars via private mail. Hope it helps
Can’t he just use a little solvent - paint thinner, nail polish remover, etc. to take the glue off?
Acetone… nothing else… Andy from HED discussed this a long time ago…
I’m new to tubies myself…would you mind sending that instruction on to me too? davesevans@yahoo.com
Thanks!
I had to special order in some tires from my LBS prior to IMFL in 2003. I use 650 wheels and they didn’t have any in stock. I try to give them my business whenever I can but it is difficult sometimes. I dropped the wheels off and asked them to install them when they came in so that I wouldn’t be messing around with it while I was trying to get packed and ready to travel. The wheels came back with a little too much glue but the worst thing was that they put the valve extenders on without any plumbers tape so the air seal didn’t work and they also closed the valve inside the extender so that I couldn’t get any air into the things anyway. I found this out after I got to Florida and took them out for a test ride… frustrating!
while the glues is still soft, not totally set up, you can rub it off with your thumb. Even right after you glue it on, your thumbs will be raw.
Very funny. I can put on my own $50 carbon cages, thanks. But my question was do you draw the line at two $90 racing tires that I was charged $20/tire to install. I will admit that I have no knowledge or experience whatsoever at this . . . and that is why I trusted someone else to work with almost $200 dollars of new tires and rims that are six or seven times that amount.