Rubber smell...!

[Cycleops]

Can't you just put them outside? They don't melt in fresh air you know.

 

[moo]

Are the rest in the dining room and kitchen though.

Kitchen and spare room actually

 

[Diggs]

Embrace it! It's our "New Car Smell"

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Can't you just put them outside? They don't melt in fresh air you know.

They'll get stolen!
@vickster, I notice the rubber smell only when the bike is brand new, guess it will fade in a few weeks.

 

[vickster]

Well seems to be ok this evening, but I've had the back door open and the "new" bike is at the LBS

 

[surfdude]

eat curry and fart to cover up the smell

 

[mrbikerboy73]

My Continentals are a bit whiffy.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

My Continentals are a bit whiffy.

That's Europeans for you.

 

[vickster]

My Continentals are a bit whiffy.

There's one of those on the SS, maybe that's the culprit!

 

[Pikey]

I had some michelin pro 4's on the bike inside that stank, then cracked. Bought two sets of replacements and they did the same thing.

 

[Smurfy]

OK, with 4 bikes now adorning my lounge, there is a strong smell of rubber in here, not entirely pleasant. Other than sticking them in the shed (until I get the Asgard sorted) or getting shares in Glade, how do the good peeps of CC cope with this phenomenon!?

How many new tyres have you got? I find the new rubber smell passes after a few weeks (although it doesn't actually bother me).

 

[vickster]

No new tyres, new to me second hand bike with old tyres

 

[sgl5gjr]

only a faint whiff of rubber in our Lounge.....only my road bike in here..... looking for a suitable hook/bracket for the wall so it can be mounted there and replace some of the wife's cross stich samplers......
My commuter and MTB's live in the garage..... but there is no more room in there really with my Teens MTB and the Wife's Hybrid .....as well as my tools for mobile work,compressor etc

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

If you're riding one of them you won't be able to smell the rest.

I'm an excellent problem solver