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  • Tyre has gone out of shape in the sun
  • Coup
    Full Member

    Alright…My tyre has gone out of shape in the sun and is rubbing slightly on the forks. Any tips to get it back into shape?

    scaredypants
    Full Member

    surely not !?

    maybe bead’s just fallen off the rim shoulder – does it look evenly seated all round on both sides ?

    Coup
    Full Member

    Yeah all even mate just out of shape where it’s been on the floor. just went to put it back in the shed and heard it rubbin!

    scaredypants
    Full Member

    not a nobby nic by any chance ?

    Coup
    Full Member

    bang on mate

    scaredypants
    Full Member

    I had one that wouldn’t even hold on the rim* because of a deformed sidweall
    Plenty others said same had happened to them
    (*was from new mind, not after it got warm)

    Coup
    Full Member

    Well i’ve taken a load of air out of it…hung it on the workstand and put it in the shade in the hope that it might contract back into shape.

    crotchrocket
    Free Member

    & as soon as you blow it up again it will be ****. 😉

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