Rim Tape is a protective strip that protects your inner tube from sharp spoke eyelets on your bicycle rim.
Rim Tape is good because it can extend the life of your tyre and protect you from getting punctures when you are riding your bike. Rim tape also comes in a wide range of widths and sizes to fit road and mountain bike wheels.
Wiggle stocks a wide variety of Rim Tape from brand such as LifeLine, Continental, Geax and Deda. When making a purchase it’s essential to select the right size tape for your wheel. You can also base your purchase on width and select a suitable narrow/wide option based on your current wheel width.
RIM TAPE - BASICS
Rim tape is an often overlooked (and inexpensive) piece of bicycling equipment, but it's essential for protecting against flat tires.
Features and Benefits
- Reduce abrasion of inner tire, lengthen the useful life of the tire
- Resistant to abrasion
- Resistant to acid
- Good tenacity, unsusceptible to puncture
- Manufacture special size and quality requirements of customers
- Material: rubber or PVC
The purpose of rim tape is to protect the bicycle wheel's inner tube from spoke holes, which will puncture the tube if exposed inside the rim.Faulty rim tape will cause recurring flats, so it's something to look at when diagnosing the cause of flat tires. In addition, rim tape that's too wide or thick will make tires more challenging -- and sometimes impossible -- to mount properly. If you have ever broken tire levers when attempting to mount a tire on a wheel, you know what we're talking about!
· Most bike racers and other performance-oriented riders prefer lighter-weight rim tape, but it still needs to be durable enough to protect the inner tube.
· Rim tape needs to be installed properly within the rim cavity to cover all the wheel's interior spoke holes and sharp metal edges. Otherwise, these sharp edges will puncture the inner tube.
· Rim tape needs to the correct type and size to fit the rim snugly so it doesn't slip when replacing a tube or mounting a tire. Otherwise, it could cause flats.
· Rim tape also needs to be the appropriate thickness to fit within your rim cavity and still allow space for the tire. If the rim tape is too thick and heavy, it might be impossible to mount a tire on the rim.
· If installed properly, rim tape often lasts for the wheel's lifetime. But the rim tape will need to be replaced if it's causing problems.
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