Is it ok if rim tape gets wet?
07-31-15, 05:46 PM
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Bay Area, CA
Posts: 55
Bikes: Marin Nail Trail
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Is it ok if rim tape gets wet?
Pimping out an old bike for my nephew and was going to prime and paint the rims. With the tires removed, is it ok to wash the rims with the rim tape still on? Will it lose adhesion? I wanted to just place the rim down into a basin of water and soap and just start scrubbing away. Let me know guys. Thanks
07-31-15, 06:23 PM
#2
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: St Peters, Missouri
Posts: 30,225
Bikes: Catrike 559 I own some others but they don't get ridden very much.
Mentioned: 16 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1572 Post(s)
Liked 644 Times
in
365 Posts
What kind of rims?
Honestly, I wouldn't do what you are suggesting with double wall rims because you are going to get water inside the rim extrusion and the rim tape will make it take longer for the water to dry out. If you are going to the time and trouble to prime and paint the rims, I'd remove the rim tape. Most cases you'll be able to reuse the old tape.
You didn't ask but what kind of brakes? Rim brakes are going to wear through whatever kind of paint you use on the rims in short order.
Honestly, I wouldn't do what you are suggesting with double wall rims because you are going to get water inside the rim extrusion and the rim tape will make it take longer for the water to dry out. If you are going to the time and trouble to prime and paint the rims, I'd remove the rim tape. Most cases you'll be able to reuse the old tape.
You didn't ask but what kind of brakes? Rim brakes are going to wear through whatever kind of paint you use on the rims in short order.
__________________
My greatest fear is all of my kids standing around my coffin and talking about "how sensible" dad was.
My greatest fear is all of my kids standing around my coffin and talking about "how sensible" dad was.
07-31-15, 06:57 PM
#3
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 18,125
Bikes: Stewart S&S coupled sport tourer, Stewart Sunday light, Stewart Commuting, Stewart Touring, Co Motion Tandem, Stewart 3-Spd, Stewart Track, Fuji Finest, Mongoose Tomac ATB, GT Bravado ATB, JCP Folder, Stewart 650B ATB
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4224 Post(s)
Liked 3,920 Times
in
2,338 Posts
More info please. What kind of rim tape? Cloth or other? In real life rim tape gets wet all the time, when ever it rains. Andy.
07-31-15, 07:43 PM
#5
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 9,438
Bikes: Trek 5500, Colnago C-50
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 7 Times
in
6 Posts
If it is cotton rim tape like Velox, it's best to keep it dry. The cotton holds water and lead to corrosion of eyelets and other wheel components. I ruined an expensive wheel that way.
07-31-15, 08:20 PM
#6
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Bay Area, CA
Posts: 55
Bikes: Marin Nail Trail
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
No fancy bike here guys. It's just a cheap Toys"R"Us type bike. So no brakes on this one, except to push back on the pedal. The rim tape appears to be a rubber texture, not cloth. I know I was thinking of just dunking it in the basin, but that would just mean more work drying it off.
It's currently just a standard chrome spoke wheel, and I was planning to spray them black to match the fork, bars, seat.
It's currently just a standard chrome spoke wheel, and I was planning to spray them black to match the fork, bars, seat.
07-31-15, 09:21 PM
#7
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: St Peters, Missouri
Posts: 30,225
Bikes: Catrike 559 I own some others but they don't get ridden very much.
Mentioned: 16 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1572 Post(s)
Liked 644 Times
in
365 Posts
No fancy bike here guys. It's just a cheap Toys"R"Us type bike. So no brakes on this one, except to push back on the pedal. The rim tape appears to be a rubber texture, not cloth. I know I was thinking of just dunking it in the basin, but that would just mean more work drying it off.
It's currently just a standard chrome spoke wheel, and I was planning to spray them black to match the fork, bars, seat.
It's currently just a standard chrome spoke wheel, and I was planning to spray them black to match the fork, bars, seat.
__________________
My greatest fear is all of my kids standing around my coffin and talking about "how sensible" dad was.
My greatest fear is all of my kids standing around my coffin and talking about "how sensible" dad was.
07-31-15, 09:25 PM
#8
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 18,125
Bikes: Stewart S&S coupled sport tourer, Stewart Sunday light, Stewart Commuting, Stewart Touring, Co Motion Tandem, Stewart 3-Spd, Stewart Track, Fuji Finest, Mongoose Tomac ATB, GT Bravado ATB, JCP Folder, Stewart 650B ATB
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4224 Post(s)
Liked 3,920 Times
in
2,338 Posts
No fancy bike here guys. It's just a cheap Toys"R"Us type bike. So no brakes on this one, except to push back on the pedal. The rim tape appears to be a rubber texture, not cloth. I know I was thinking of just dunking it in the basin, but that would just mean more work drying it off.
It's currently just a standard chrome spoke wheel, and I was planning to spray them black to match the fork, bars, seat.
It's currently just a standard chrome spoke wheel, and I was planning to spray them black to match the fork, bars, seat.
08-01-15, 01:16 AM
#9
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Bay Area, CA
Posts: 55
Bikes: Marin Nail Trail
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Didn't know it came off so easily. Being that it is rubber, it does have a little elasticity to it so it can be reused. I thought I would've had to buy some new tape.
08-01-15, 09:42 AM
#10
Banned
New Rubber rim strip loops are cheap . the only place they tend to break is if thin and at the rim hole for the stem
Tape it together and make a new hole to get the stem through ..
Tape it together and make a new hole to get the stem through ..
08-01-15, 10:44 AM
#11
Senior Member
Hit that chrome with scotch brite pad and use an etching primer before the paint and it won't flake off in a couple of weeks. Hope he loves it!
08-02-15, 12:51 AM
#12
Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 5
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Wes
08-02-15, 10:28 PM
#13
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: San Francisco - it used to be nice
Posts: 77
Bikes: 1970 Alex Singer, 63 Hetchins, 75 Motobecane Townie, more . . .
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 10 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 8 Times
in
5 Posts
When I used to work on old bikes with steel rims there often was a bunch of rust particles that came out with the tube.
Usual culprit was the old cotton rim strips that Raleigh and others used.
Let them at least dry before replacing the tire.
Usual culprit was the old cotton rim strips that Raleigh and others used.
Let them at least dry before replacing the tire.
08-27-15, 07:07 PM
#14
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Bay Area, CA
Posts: 55
Bikes: Marin Nail Trail
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
It's been done for about 2 weeks now, but here is a before and after shot of the nephew's bike.
08-28-15, 01:44 AM
#15
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Bozeman
Posts: 4,094
Bikes: 199? Landshark Roadshark, 198? Mondonico Diamond, 1987 Panasonic DX-5000, 1987 Bianchi Limited, Univega... Chrome..., 1989 Schwinn Woodlands, Motobecane USA Record, Raleigh Tokul 2
Mentioned: 25 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1131 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
