Things You'll Need:
- Bicycle rim tape
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Step 1
Take your built-up wheel with the tire removed and clean the rim thoroughly. Know how wide the wheel cavity is. If you don't know, measure it with calipers. Purchase bicycle rim tape designed for your wheel's width.
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Step 2
Set the end of the rim tape within the wheel's cavity carefully. Line up the tube valve hole with the hole in the rim tape and have the adhesive side down. Be certain that it's aligned and straight along the wall and covers the spoke ends entirely.
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Step 3
Begin pulling the bicycle rim tape along the rim. Make sure that it is tight enough; keep it fairly snug so that there's a slight stretch to it as you unravel it, but not so tight that you strain to pull it around the rim.
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Step 4
Keep pulling the tape around, making sure that it fits within the wheel cavity snugly. Once you reach the beginning point again, don't simply overlap the ends of the rim tape. Take the excess and cut it precisely so it fits perfectly against the beginning of the tape.
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Step 5
Run your fingers over the now-installed bicycle rim tape to make sure that it's in firmly and won't shift. Ensure it can't creep up the bead of the tire.
Comments
huttarl said
on 8/6/2008 1) How do you clean the rim?
2) How does the tape stay in place?
3) Velox typically has the wrong size hole for the most common valve in the US (Schrager). How do you deal with that?