Tyre fitted and overheating!
April 10, 2008 at 11:12 pm | Bike | No comment
I finally got that fucking bastard tyre fitted without pinching the inner tube.
The trick in the end was to go very very slowly, use talcam powder (man the difference that made!) and to never move the tyre lever past perpendicular to the rim.
Oh and to kneel and push the bead in to the well with your feet, using your feet like an extra tyre lever to keep it from peeling back while you’re doing the opposite side.
The wheel still needs balancing, but fuck it I can get a garage to do that, it’s not a skill I need.
I set off this evening to go and see Chris in Oxford (30 minute drive max) and got about 3 miles before my temperature warning light came on.
Pulled over and inspected the rad which was stone cold in contrast to the pipes feeding it which were boiling hot.
I’m assuming that there’s some kind of gunk inside the radiator blocking it and that I should really have flushed it through before installing it.
It took me about 2 hours to get home, finding somewhere to turn round on that particular stretch of the A34 takes ages, especially if you have to stop for half an hour every five minutes to let your engine cool.
Oh well, I’ll take it apart tomorrow and flush it out, see what kinda crap comes out, hopefully nothing’s come loose and flushed itself into the water-jacket…
Also I got to try out my new heated Gerbing Signature gloves for the first time.
Mmmm, tasty!
It wasn’t actually cold when I was trying them, but it felt really nice.
I rather like my bike naked… I could go for that as a look!
