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Old 21-01-07, 19:27
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How To Apply Wheel Stripe ....?

I've Tried To Apply Wheel Stripe To My Wheels After Removing The Excel Stickers But I Had No Luck . Is There An Easy Way To Apply The Stripe ????
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Old 21-01-07, 22:44
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I've done this a few times... The short answer is, no there is no easy way! You need a bit of patience and go very slowly, bending the tape as you go.

I recently re-did mine, and found that buying pre-curved tape (you can get it on eBay) made the job really simple... Instead of 30mins, it was 10 to do the whole bike.

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Old 21-01-07, 23:13
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I tried to do mine on a really cold day and the stripes were not happy, they kept snapping, they were almost brittle. I will try again when the weather warms up a bit or if I can find somebody with a nice warm garage.
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Pre-curved so much easier,
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Old 22-01-07, 16:25
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Thanks...

YES I KNOW .... SOMETIMES PATIENCE IS ALL WE NEED AND 10 BEERS TO APPLY THE WHEEL STRIPE RIGHT ?
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YES I KNOW .... SOMETIMES PATIENCE IS ALL WE NEED AND 10 BEERS TO APPLY THE WHEEL STRIPE RIGHT ?
you could save your money and not buy ten beers ,spend the money you have saved on the pre -curved stripes and you will also have the benefit of not shredding your patience fiddling about with straight tape.
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