Tar On Rims?

[ogre]

I'm sure how much tar you have on you rims(if at all) is a personal choice but how should your rim look wit hit on? when i do it it's kinda blotchy and thick in places etc could anyone put a picture up?

[T-MAG-05-DAN]

if you putting it on your back wheel turn you bike upside down on to ur handlebars and front wheel. peddle using ur hands and with ur other hand apply the tar. that what i do and mine is never blotchey. hope i helped

:)

[skandy32]

About half tar, and half shiney rim. I find works best. - The spinnnig the wheel whilst applying technique does work well!

If theres too much tar, the brake will stick tooo well!

Sometimes i just put it on one side of the rim only.

Experiment with it on a ride, start with a little and work your way up, remebering that it will always wear off eventually.....

andy :)

[Lawnmowerman]

Spin your wheel round and just dab it on. Too much tar will make your brake worse. When i use tar i can barely see it on the rim

[downhill_rob2@hotmail.com]

Roofing tar is slightly diffrent compound than the road tar, so with the roofing tar, you only need a VERY small amount, so small that you cant even see the tar, just so that you know its there. if you have it so you can see the tar, its just defeeting the object and just becomes a shitty mess!

[lankyri]

to apply tar to my wheels i spin the back wheel very fast and rub the tar on that way and thats about 2 3 days of non slip brake, but when i used a maggy on the front i did a line of tar every 4cm or so and that worked fine

the only problem is if its hot weather and you spin you rear wheel and apply tar your pads will smudge the tar all round the wheel and instead of it gripping it dosent so you only want a bit of tar if its a very hot day

hope this helps ric

[moo]

i used to put a lil coke on my rim, i found this to be better

[Ash-Kennard]

melt the tar and then just dribble it on your rim!!!

nah,don't

only put about 3" along the rim on each side at opposite ends.

if you don't get me i'll draw it up in paint.

EDIT:

but on both sides at oposite ends

Edited November 19, 2005 by ash-kennard

[Martin]

i do it either of these 2 ways:

firstly; get your tar a draw lines from the tyre across the side wall, do this with a 3-4 inch gap all around the rim, both sides. flip the bike upright cycle round with the brakes half on so the pads are rubbing, this wears the tar in.

secondly; flip the bike onto the bars, spin the cranks round so the wheel is spinning farely fast put the tar to the rim semi-gently. Do this both sides and then wear the tar in as above.

either of these methods should work.

[monkey gav]

buy a bottle of road bitumen from a hardware shop somewhere and whach loads on your rim good brakes after youve worn the tar in. :-

or just get a grind.

Gavyn :)

[trialridertom]

id get a rim grind all the way as tar is an oil based substance wich will turn your rim very oily if wet on your rim yet a grind holds super duper in the rain :angry:

[Simpson]

Simple if your unsure do a vertical line perpendicular to the way of the rim if your unsure then go fast and drag your brake so it doesnt lock to warm it up.

I just spin it up an hold it on none of this fancy stuff

[t-mag_rider]

I have found that putting vertical lines about 4" apart all the way arround the rim.

I this has worked for me so far.

Hope i help.

Ollie.

[wilky_mod_legend2]

no tar, nice harsh grind on with koxx blocks brown cant go wrong

[JT!]

I always put it on in little vertical lines. About half and inch a part, then drag your brake on for a few meters.

Putting on tar the 'spin your wheel way' i don't think is very good, you only cover the part that the tar is against. You could miss the top and bottom. If you do it like i said above, it gets spread more evenly, more consistantly, and very thinly. Which is what you want.

If you put too much tar on not only do your blocks tend to stick on it, but sometimes the tar acts as a layer between the pads and the rim. And it rolls ontop of it.

When you have tar on your rims, you shouldn't really be able to see it, it should just look liek your have a slightly mucky brown rim.

All that combined with the right pads and you have a very powerful brake.

[Danny Swindlehurst]

the best thing to use is a grind wid a little bit of tar A LITTLE BIT !!!!

[stevecoust]

I'm sure how much tar you have on you rims(if at all) is a personal choice but how should your rim look wit hit on? when i do it it's kinda blotchy and thick in places etc could anyone put a picture up?

not too much is good cos you dont want your brakes sticking...........steve :P