New wheels, tyre won't fit without 'bulges'

[Globalti]

Not soapy water, pleeeeease! If you use dishwash detergent, it contains salt as a thickener - do you really want to leave your inner tubes and inside the rim wet with salty water?

 

[Milkfloat]

Not soapy water, pleeeeease! If you use dishwash detergent, it contains salt as a thickener - do you really want to leave your inner tubes and inside the rim wet with salty water?

Does washing-up liquid damage your vehicle? We asked Dr Bob Eden BSc MSc PhD MICorr (Member of the Institute of Corrosion) for the truth:
“Washing up liquid does contain a ‘salt’ but this is the active ingredient and should not be confused with road salt. There is nothing in a washing-up liquid that will exacerbate corrosion – there’s no sodium chloride salt to worry about. The issue regarding corrosion is the ‘chloride’ bit of the salt. In ‘chloride nests’ at the base of a corrosion pit, the chloride exists as hydrogen chloride, which in damp conditions creates a solution of dilute hydrochloric acid, and it’s this acid that does the damage. You need to avoid ‘chloride’ from any and all sources, e.g. seawater, road grit and fish & chips (but not washing up liquid).

 

[Globalti]

Well that's funny; for years manufacturers have been using sodium chloride or common salt as a thickener in surfactant products.

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[Yellow Saddle]

Does washing-up liquid damage your vehicle? We asked Dr Bob Eden BSc MSc PhD MICorr (Member of the Institute of Corrosion) for the truth:
View attachment 503318 “Washing up liquid does contain a ‘salt’ but this is the active ingredient and should not be confused with road salt. There is nothing in a washing-up liquid that will exacerbate corrosion – there’s no sodium chloride salt to worry about. The issue regarding corrosion is the ‘chloride’ bit of the salt. In ‘chloride nests’ at the base of a corrosion pit, the chloride exists as hydrogen chloride, which in damp conditions creates a solution of dilute hydrochloric acid, and it’s this acid that does the damage. You need to avoid ‘chloride’ from any and all sources, e.g. seawater, road grit and fish & chips (but not washing up liquid).

That guy needs to now go and get a PhD in literacy so that he can string a few sentences together so that they mean something. The text above is absolutely meaningless. It amounts to Yes/No/OK/Why?

 

[iateyoubutler]

Not soapy water, pleeeeease! If you use dishwash detergent, it contains salt as a thickener - do you really want to leave your inner tubes and inside the rim wet with salty water?

Nobody mentioned washing up liquid did they??

 

[Globalti]

Don't think so but that's what comes to mind when people talk about fitting tight tyres.

You could use soap or shampoo I suppose but soap is strongly alkaline and shampoo also contains salt.

 

[si_c]

Does washing-up liquid damage your vehicle? We asked Dr Bob Eden BSc MSc PhD MICorr (Member of the Institute of Corrosion) for the truth:
View attachment 503318 “Washing up liquid does contain a ‘salt’ but this is the active ingredient and should not be confused with road salt. There is nothing in a washing-up liquid that will exacerbate corrosion – there’s no sodium chloride salt to worry about. The issue regarding corrosion is the ‘chloride’ bit of the salt. In ‘chloride nests’ at the base of a corrosion pit, the chloride exists as hydrogen chloride, which in damp conditions creates a solution of dilute hydrochloric acid, and it’s this acid that does the damage. You need to avoid ‘chloride’ from any and all sources, e.g. seawater, road grit and fish & chips (but not washing up liquid).

I hate it when people do qualification bingo. I'm sure he was desperate to put pencil monitor on there too.

 

[roadrash]

I hate it when people do qualification bingo. I'm sure he was desperate to put pencil monitor on there too.

its not quite the same is it , when they need to add an explanation at the end to tell you what the letters stand for

 

[2old2care]

What do you mean by "where the carcass was joined"? Where is this joint.

The carcass joint is visible from the inside of the tyre, it’s on a diagonal, which gives it more surface area and therefore a stronger joint.

 

[iateyoubutler]

Don't think so but that's what comes to mind when people talk about fitting tight tyres.

You could use soap or shampoo I suppose but soap is strongly alkaline and shampoo also contains salt.

I still wouldn`t really worry too much about a bit of salt in the soap, after all it sprays up from the roads during the winter, and drips off of me all over the bike in warmer weather. I would think that those two things combined would be a bigger punishment to the bike?

 

[Threevok]

I've been washing my bike for years with soapy water.

I've just had a quick lick of the frame and it doesn't taste a bit salty

 

[Yellow Saddle]

The carcass joint is visible from the inside of the tyre, it’s on a diagonal, which gives it more surface area and therefore a stronger joint.

No, that's wrong. There is no joint in a bicycle tyre because it is made from a continuous length of fibre that swings from left to right, making a U-turn over the bead in order to change direction. The bias is 35.4 degrees.

If you disagree, show us a photo of the "joint" in your tyre. BTW, it is a casing, not a carcass. The latter lives in abattoirs.

 

[Gunk]

If you disagree, show us a photo of the "joint" in your tyre. BTW, it is a casing, not a carcass. The latter lives in abattoirs.

You’ve been told!

 

[winjim]

its not quite the same is it , when they need to add an explanation at the end to tell you what the letters stand for

Quite frankly, if it doesn't have a royal charter then I'm not interested.

 

[2old2care]

No, that's wrong. There is no joint in a bicycle tyre because it is made from a continuous length of fibre that swings from left to right, making a U-turn over the bead in order to change direction. The bias is 35.4 degrees.

If you disagree, show us a photo of the "joint" in your tyre. BTW, it is a casing, not a carcass. The latter lives in abattoirs.

I’d love to show a photo of the joint as I call it but I threw the tyres away. Casing/carcass whatever, and the word carcass can be used to refer to not just one thing.
I find your manner offensive, rude and pedantic