Hi all,
After recently taking ownership of a new mountain bike I decided to put road tyres on it. Putting them on today I noticed I had the tread on the front tyre back-to-front (has disc brakes so couldn't just reverse the wheel) so I decided to do the job right and get the tyre facing the right way - omg why did I bother. I used this metal tyre remover but ended up taking three chunks out of my brand new sparkling BLACK rims so I have silver chunks showing now. That's annoying but what I'm concerned about is I was probably hacking at the inner tube during my troubles and the blue rubber wheel rim lining had worn alittle as it turned a pale blue/white colour like it does when something is worn, and it seemed to be moulded to the inner rim in one area (obviously due to rubbing), i.e. the lining just goes round the rim but in this rubbed area it is greatly contoured to the inner rim (it's dual rimmed - apparently)
1) Is the rim (wheel) knackered now due to this rubbed/worn area, and how likely is a puncture now (and my when on daily use)?
2) Any issue with the front tyre being on back-to-front?
Thanks.
Note: this thread title should read "Have I damaged MY rim (wheel, inner tube)?"
After recently taking ownership of a new mountain bike I decided to put road tyres on it. Putting them on today I noticed I had the tread on the front tyre back-to-front (has disc brakes so couldn't just reverse the wheel) so I decided to do the job right and get the tyre facing the right way - omg why did I bother. I used this metal tyre remover but ended up taking three chunks out of my brand new sparkling BLACK rims so I have silver chunks showing now. That's annoying but what I'm concerned about is I was probably hacking at the inner tube during my troubles and the blue rubber wheel rim lining had worn alittle as it turned a pale blue/white colour like it does when something is worn, and it seemed to be moulded to the inner rim in one area (obviously due to rubbing), i.e. the lining just goes round the rim but in this rubbed area it is greatly contoured to the inner rim (it's dual rimmed - apparently)
1) Is the rim (wheel) knackered now due to this rubbed/worn area, and how likely is a puncture now (and my when on daily use)?
2) Any issue with the front tyre being on back-to-front?
Thanks.
Note: this thread title should read "Have I damaged MY rim (wheel, inner tube)?"
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