The photo in my previous post showed only the head of the nail. Unfortunately, this nail was a bit of an iceberg with about 2.5″ of it actually inside the tyre.
You can see that the nail has damaged the inside of the sidewall of the tyre, so sadly that’s an ex-BT021 as it is not repairable…
Here is the dead tyre with the nail head exposed.
I will be steering clear of those “unswept” areas of the road surface from now on…
One week’s commuting into central Reading and all that queue skipping and riding down the hatched sections has given me this:
At least the pressure in the tyre hasn’t changed.
We’ll see what the tyre guru has to say.
… later…
Update 21-Jun-10
The photo above shows only the head of the nail. Unfortunately, this nail was a bit of an iceberg with about 2.5″ of it actually inside the tyre.
You can see that the nail has damaged the inside of the sidewall of the tyre, so sadly that’s an ex-BT021 as it is not repairable…
Here is the dead tyre with the nail head exposed.
I will be steering clear of those “unswept” areas of the road surface from now on…
Here are the silver wheels fitted to my Sprint:
Job done.
Next…
I have blogged about the “gold” wheels on my Triumph Sprint ST. I have now reached the stage where I have fitted a BT020 front tyre as I prefer the older compound to the softer BT021. The rear came fitted with a BT021. Both wheels have been checked out and balanced (and cleaned…)
Next I have to swap the front disks from my current bike and fit the wheels…
The “So What Should I Do With These Wheels?” project continues apace. Well, as “apace” as can be expected when you have very little spare cash and are holding out for a bargain.
The front wheel came up first and I secured it for £30 – bargain!
The rear wheel was £90 but came with a part-worn Bridgestone 021; again a bargain in my view when they are £400-odd new and £200+ from most breakers.
A call to my mate Gary Beresford who has agreed to run them up on his machine to check integrity, bearings and rebalance. He will also fit a part-worn Bridgestone 021 front that I picked up from a mate (swapped for a bedside cabinet!)
Fitting pictures coming soon.
Update 12th April 2010
Here they are fitted:
Not a rhetorical question; I really don’t know what to do with these wheels!
When I bought my latest Sprint ST (the one that I dropped in a previous post), I was told that the previous owner had the wheel powder coated gold because he didn’t like the standard black colour scheme.
Here they are:
Now don’t get me wrong – it’s a beautiful job, but gold? I don’t think so… more like dirty custard.
Options:
1. Put up with it (cheapest)
2. Swap black wheels from my old ST (wrong tyres)
3. Get them re-coated (off the road)
4. Buy some on eBay, get them coated in a proper gold.
Update 9th March 2010
This has taken a while but “all things come to those who wait – especially on eBay!
The front wheel came up first and I secured it for £30 – bargain!
The rear wheel was £90 but came with a part-worn Bridgestone 021; again a bargain in my view when they are £400-odd new and £200+ from most breakers.
A call to my mate Gary Beresford who has agreed to run them up on his machine to check integrity, bearings and rebalance. He will also fit a part-worn Bridgestone 021 front that I picked up from a mate (swapped for a bedside cabinet!)
Update 7th April 2010
I have fitted a BT020 front tyre as I prefer the older compound to the softer BT021.
Next I have to swap the front disks from my current bike and fit the wheels…
Update 12th April 2010
Here they are fitted:
Job done… Next.