S NH, N Ma Consolation Ride Rained Out

ionbeam · Sep 29, 2011

The forecast continues to change and not in a favorable way. Yesterday it said 30% chance of rain in the late afternoon. Now it says:

Saturday: A chance of showers before 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and 1pm, then showers likely after 1pm.

There is a good chance that it may rain for much or all of the day so I'm canceling the ride.

Last minute, no notice Candy Butt ride. Order Breakfast no later than 10:00 am at the Ashburnham Country store. Leave probably no earlier than 11:30 - 12:00. Bring rain gear. Loop around S NH through the apple fields and early fall scenery. Finish *someplace* around 3:00 - 4:00. Any takers? If there are water proof riders I will put together a Candy Butt route.

There is a nice ride over to the Ashburnham 'Store, I'm willing to set a meeting place for a pretty nice ride to the 'Store.

Else, I will have to do work around the house <_< :lol:

Fred W · Sep 29, 2011

If you get no takers we could also do a tech day at mi casa.

I've heard from Tony Tiger that he needs a front tire changed and that you may be in need of one too?

Do you have the needed tire already?

MEM · Sep 29, 2011

Fred W said:
If you get no takers we could also do a tech day at mi casa.

I've heard from Tony Tiger that he needs a front tire changed and that you may be in need of one too?

Do you have the needed tire already?

Tech day?! Aren't you tired of tech-ing for this week?

Fred W · Sep 29, 2011

MEM said:
Fred W said:

If you get no takers we could also do a tech day at mi casa.

I've heard from Tony Tiger that he needs a front tire changed and that you may be in need of one too?

Do you have the needed tire already?

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Tech day?! Aren't you tired of tech-ing for this week?

Never!! :yahoo: It's how I get my jollies.

Well, that and a few drinks and a cigar or two...

MarFJR · Sep 30, 2011

Yup,

Just need Fred to pick the time and I will be there with an Ale of his choice. Maybe even a cigar.

It would be great if your changing the back so I could see this done as well.

But hey! Thank God there are 2 days in a weekend!

ionbeam · Sep 30, 2011

The first post in this thread has updated information about the canceled ride.

Asphalt Junkie · Oct 3, 2011

Alan, thanks for offering a ride. We were almost going to take you up on it, but between crazy work schedules, the crappy weather, and services for Gina's godmother who died of cancer last Monday, we still didn't get our project finished. Hopefully you guys got your tech day in and everyone got their new sneakers put on!

Paul & Gina

Fred W · Oct 3, 2011

Yep. New front on the Tiger's bike and a (less used) rear went on the 'beams'.

And I got to test out some newly redesigned tire change tooling.

One of these days I'll make the investment in a NoMar, but in the meantime using my home-brewed apparatus is pretty consistent.

Now get those chores done this week. You have to be free this weekend for some Bridges riding!!

ionbeam · Oct 3, 2011

A couple of big thanks! Thanks to Fred for wasting his Saturday morning, his tire equipment, tire parts and his patience. Another BIG thanks to MEM -- her pre EOM rear tire takeoff lives again on my rear wheel. I'm financially challenged and having this tire available was a blessing. It was interesting to notice the difference between the way my B spec (usually with a full load) wore compared to MEM's lightly loaded non B spec tire.

Tony and Fred putting some leverage on Tony's baldy. Note the use of the milk container rim protectors, a Frugal Yankee™ tip. Count 'em when your done, if one or more are MIA, guess where they are...

Checking the balance of the bare rim. The spray bottle on the floor is Fred's latest experiment on super slippery tire lube to make the on/off process easier. The large cone at the bottom of the picture fits his VFR. The red roll is double sided 3M foam tape. Intended for auto body trim pieces but here it's being used to hold on wheel weights. In the background, the vertical board with the rectangular hole is the socket that the bead breaker fits in.

Fred marking the light spot on Tony's rim. My rim has the light spot in almost exactly the same place. My rim was light by 21 grams.

The bare rim going on Fred's magic tire facilitator (Patent Pending).

Alan holding the tire while Fred helps the rim protectors migrate around the rim as the tire fights back and resists slipping on.

The Facilitator, another Frugal Yankee tool that works quite well. The actual design is secret

The tire won't seat on the bead with any less than three people watching and waiting for the POP POP of success.

L-R Alan (ionbeam); Tony (MarFJR); Fred -- well, Fred W

Tony being a good sport and prepping my rim. Why is he smiling? The fumes from that little yellow can were awesome :lol:

When we removed MEM's rear tire we noticed that it had a lot of weight in two places to balance the tire. When we mounted that tire on my rim it took a ridiculous amount of weight. I have more lead on my rear wheel than I have in my Westco battery. Fred generously used 95% of his weights to get my wheel to balanced. Now I have to go back with a new tire so we can recover all the weights and replenish his stock. If this was a new tire we would have worked harder at finding a harmonious position on my rim or perhaps even returned it, but as this is just an emergency swap to get me to snow season I will run with it.

Looking at the driveway it is apparent that canceling Ashburnham and the ride was a good idea.

Geezer · Oct 3, 2011

It is interesting that Fred has a tire changer that requires him to bend down and work close to the floor but a wheel balancer that allows him to stand up while using it. My set up is just the opposite. I think I'll look for a pair of slightly used bar stools balancer stands during one of my curbside shopping expeditions.

Fred W · Oct 3, 2011

Geezer said:
It is interesting that Fred has a tire changer that requires him to bend down and work close to the floor but a wheel balancer that allows him to stand up while using it.

Ah, but Greg, that is somewhat of a temporary condition.

My MTF ® stand is still evolving. The next version (that I'm already planning) will be a second 14" rim stacked on top of the 15"'er that you see in the pics. With the 15" rim the split hose protection gets wedged in the inside circumference of the wheel. If the wheel is at all dirty I'm afraid that it will scuff the paint up by wedging it on and off.

We did find out on Alan's rear wheel that the 15" MTF will automagically remove any stick on wheel weights that were errantly applied out toward the outer edges of the rim (why the shop did that is a mystery :huh: ). But I think having the 1" smaller steel rim will allow the wheel to sink down to contact the spokes and that will be a more solid support without the chance of scuffing and will raise the work surface up another 10 inches. Note the "too tall" board that is on the wall, used to lever the bead breaker (not shown). It was made too tall for a reason!

Pepperell · Oct 4, 2011

I've been using vegetable oil for tire mounting for the last few sets of tires on the bike and the Kubota. Works great, and the wife didn't even notice that I siphoned it out of the pantry. It won't rust steel rims, doesn't leave any residue when it's time to change 'em out. I read about this on a tire manufacturing association website a few years back.

They do recommend EVOO if yer mounting Pirelli's on a Ducati, though...

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