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    NuggyBuggy replied to the thread Did I ruin this tire?.
    Funnily enough, ChatGPT recommends asking shops and seeing if they'd give/sell me a small amount. Anybody in the downtown/East end as...
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    NuggyBuggy replied to the thread Did I ruin this tire?.
    I have a replacement tire and am going to take another run at it. This time I want to use real tire mounting compound - I want every...
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    NuggyBuggy replied to the thread Did I ruin this tire?.
    Good to know. I decided not to use the Sawzall as I thought the chances I would wreck my rims (even more) was pretty high. It's not a...
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    NuggyBuggy replied to the thread Where to get tires installed?.
    Alley Cat mentioned above is in the Leslieville area.
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    NuggyBuggy replied to the thread Did I ruin this tire?.
    I wondered about that. If you mean zip-tieing the sides together so that they're narrower and sit in the centre more easily - I tried...
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    NuggyBuggy reacted to Lightcycle's post in the thread Did I ruin this tire? with Like Like.
    Heating up the tire will also help with the pliability - use a hair dryer or space heater, but also laying it out in the sun for a while.
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    NuggyBuggy reacted to Gary's post in the thread Did I ruin this tire? with Like Like.
    I use soapy water too (or windex), and I've got a pail full of rim protectors I don't use. Make sure the tire your mounting is situated...
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    NuggyBuggy replied to the thread Did I ruin this tire?.
    Damnit, but I figured as much.
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    NuggyBuggy replied to the thread Did I ruin this tire?.
    I think I'll just buy another tire. I run that Vespa at 80mph on the 400, I don't want another thing I have to worry about.
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    NuggyBuggy reacted to Gary's post in the thread Did I ruin this tire? with Like Like.
    There's a certain someone i know (on this forum sometimes) who doesn't use lube while swapping tires. That is exactly what happens every...
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    NuggyBuggy replied to the thread Did I ruin this tire?.
    I didn't use lube but I did use soapy water. Which was actually a pain because the rim protectors and spoons kept sliding around. I...
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    NuggyBuggy posted the thread Did I ruin this tire? in Technical.
    Decided I should learn how to replace a tire since I would like to do some long distance riding. I still think it was a good idea...
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    NuggyBuggy replied to the thread Tool Deals Thread.
    This was my experience with the Ridgid. You can break some free using the tool as a hand ratchet, within limits. The 2 seconds it takes...
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    NuggyBuggy replied to the thread Tool Deals Thread.
    I have most of the (now discontinued, I believe) Ridgid JobMax line, and my favourite tool of the bunch was the ratchet. It's such a...
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    NuggyBuggy reacted to GreyGhost's post in the thread Covering a bike in permit parking areas? with Like Like.
    Time to get the sewing machine out. If I can't buy things I want, I end up making them.
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