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Ben Lipman Goo Roo SA Soarer TT manual, plus TT track car, plus a spare shell
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Monday, June 24, 2013 - 05:01 pm, by: Ben Lipman(Ben12a)
Wow! I post about buying thousands of dollars worth of carbon making custom body parts and no one pays it much attention. I post about needing some $5 tyre valves and I get half a dozen posts in a day.
Found metal valves OK. Seems they are used on motor bikes quite frequently. A bloke in the tyre shop had 4 in a drawer and only wanted $5 each for them.
Fitted the valves during lunch and dropped the tyres and rims off to be mounted. I went back after work to pick them up. The guys came out to meet me and apologise for a scratch in the edge of the rim. The powder coat has come off a 15cm section where the tyre meets the rim. They were trying to mount the tyres with no lubricant so there would be no slippage at the track. I was a little upset, but figured that sometimes accidents happen. The manager refused to take my money, and has offered me a set of tyres at cost to make up for the error. He feels they have 'all but ruined' the rims.
Like I said in previous posts above: They are good guys down there at Cluse Bros Tyres.
Allan- I do believe tyre pressure monitors are illegal at all CAMS events. It would be a handy tool for doing setup work etc though. ALso let you know exactly how long it takes to get the tyres up to temp.
*edit* "Any control valves that automatically manage tyre pressure are forbidden". A CAMS Scutineer may take these either way.
