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Offline Strommer

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Tyre Weights Coming Off...
« on: July 10, 2013, 20:04:23 »
Last time I cleaned the bike I noticed that the tyre weights put on by the last tyre installer had come off.  Left behind were a couple of papery stickers.  It appears that the weights were held on with sticky paper....  Erm paper+water = lost weights.....

Was cleaning up the car's winter wheels and noticed the same thing - one set of weights even fell off when I picked up the tyre...

What's going on?   :angry-tappingfoot:
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Offline Tusker

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Re: Tyre Weights Coming Off...
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2013, 20:06:31 »
credit crunch
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Re: Tyre Weights Coming Off...
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2013, 21:19:51 »
Quote from: "Tusker"
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weight coming off......

Is that a Kellogg's  special cereal  :)  :)
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Re: Tyre Weights Coming Off...
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2013, 22:16:14 »
Washed one of these off my front wheel the other day, first time it happened for me.
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Offline Strommer

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Re: Tyre Weights Coming Off...
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2013, 08:30:04 »
It's not the glue coming off.  There's glue on the weights and the wheel; its that the weights are affixed using double sided sticky paper - terrible idea.

Been reading up on this and it appears that duct tape over them is the best option... :GRR:
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Offline Fatbelly

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Re: Tyre Weights Coming Off...
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2013, 11:40:08 »
At this time of year it's worth watching out for. Pressure sensitive adhesives will re-wet if they get very hot - and a wheel parked in direct sunshine can get pretty hot. Washing with very hot water can loosen the adhesive too.
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