Tires are taped and pumped up to 120psi and the bike's currently hanging on the wall. Hoping to find some Newbaum's somewhere local tomorrow so I can finish everything up.
Last night I pulled the old GdI bar out and installed the waiting CdM, so now the mechanical swaps are complete with the exception of the aforementioned tape.
Today I took the Dremel and a stainless steel (thought I'd gotten brass, but this probably worked better) brush and went to town.
This is what they looked like when I started:
Using setting 3 of 10 (unfortunately my Dremel doesn't go to 11) it was
short work to remove the existing crud without turning it into a melting, sticky mass:
Once done I cleaned off both wheels of residual dust, then began laying down the tape;
I added the little reminders in case the tires are a ***** to remove when the time comes:
It took about an hour to get both tires centered decently, and both still display a bit of a high spot at the valve/rim interface. Don't know if it'll be noticeable from the saddle. I did have a bit of a scare when one of the backing tapes split in half lengthwise while pulling it out once I was satisfied with the tire's placement! Fixed that by deflating the tire, pulling at the tire at the non-taped spot and snagging hold of the edge of the stubborn bit of backing tape. Once I got it partway out, I pumped up the tire, tweaked the centering one more time and then pulled the remainder of the tape out. Whew!
If I can get the bars taped before I head to AZ - and get a dry afternoon - I think I'll be able to get a test ride in. We'll see
DD