How to store tubulars

"XTR40" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I have heard mixed responses to storing tubies. They are for 'cross, so

they

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sit around 8-9 months of the year. High pressure, low pressure, somewhere
inbetween? Temperature? Humidity? Will anything help the glue stay?

From the Bicycle FAQ:

tires bought in advance should be sealed tightly in airtight bags and kept
in the dark, optimally in a freezer. For best results, use new tires
because aged tires are only as good as how little they have aged.

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/bicycles-faq/part3/section-15.html

bfd said:

From the Bicycle FAQ:

tires bought in advance should be sealed tightly in airtight bags and kept
in the dark, optimally in a freezer. For best results, use new tires
because aged tires are only as good as how little they have aged.

From folklore: mounted on rims, pumped up to half pressure in a
darkened room. You pays your money etc.

Zog The Undeniable said:

bfd wrote:

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From the Bicycle FAQ:

tires bought in advance should be sealed tightly in airtight bags and kept
in the dark, optimally in a freezer. For best results, use new tires
because aged tires are only as good as how little they have aged.

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From folklore: mounted on rims, pumped up to half pressure in a
darkened room.

With incense and incantations. Myth and lore also RECOMMENDS aging
tubulars before using them.

Art Harris

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Zog The Undeniable said:

bfd wrote:

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From the Bicycle FAQ:

tires bought in advance should be sealed tightly in airtight bags and kept
in the dark, optimally in a freezer. For best results, use new tires
because aged tires are only as good as how little they have aged.

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From folklore: mounted on rims, pumped up to half pressure in a
darkened room.

With incense and incantations. Myth and lore also RECOMMENDS aging
tubulars before using them.

Isn't it the glue that needs to be aged, rather?