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kevin2306
Joined: 01 Jul 2013
Posts: 1359
Location: nr Llangollen, north wales
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 Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 8:19 pm Post subject: desmo mirrors |
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took the desmo(?) wing mirrors off the vogue today in readiness for the front end paint prep.
stripped them and cleaned/polished them up and to be fair they have come up like a new pair.
i do however need 2 rubber gasket/seals for them when i need to refit them..any ideas for new ones? can get the desmo/tex mirrors new complete but it seems such an extravagance just to get replacement seals for mine?
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Churchill Johnson
Joined: 11 Jan 2011
Posts: 359
Location: Rayleigh Essex
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| Try a shoe repair shop [cobbler] ask if they have any stick on sole's you can then cut out the shape youy want with a good pair of scissor's |
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D4B
Joined: 28 Dec 2010
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Location: Hampshire UK
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NONORT
Joined: 26 Apr 2012
Posts: 55
Location: Southampton
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Hi how about bike inner tube from local bike shop. You can't stick patches to most of the new inner tubes so they have plenty of punctured ones. Got mine from Halfords bike barn, Free and you don't get anything else free from them.  |
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bob2
Joined: 06 Dec 2007
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Location: Malta
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| I have similar mirrors on the hunter and had just one good washer, I just made one up from an inner tube and you would never say which is which once fitted. |
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Bitumen Boy
Joined: 26 Jan 2012
Posts: 1763
Location: Above the snow line in old Monmouthshire
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| NONORT wrote: | | Hi how about bike inner tube from local bike shop. You can't stick patches to most of the new inner tubes so they have plenty of punctured ones. Got mine from Halfords bike barn, Free and you don't get anything else free from them. |
I hadn't heard about modern tubes not being repairable, though of course it doesn't surprise me that the manufacturers have gone down that road as it means more money for them! Mind you, back when I was in my teens and used to browse these places I overheard a lot of shops saying it "wasn't worth" repairing tubes just because a) they couldn't be bothered and b) they wanted to sell a new tube.
When I was 16 I got fed up with endless punctures with thorns and splinters from flail-cut hedges (not a hazard the urban cyclist faces, I imagine) and invested in puncture proof tyres. Not cheap, but well worth it - a pair of Michelins that cost about three times what cheapy tyres would, but they lasted and lasted and never a single puncture. Eventually I wore the rear one out and replaced it with a Dutch Perfect (think the Michelin are a little better quality) but the front Michelin is still going strong 14 years later. All of which is totally off topic of course, but it might help someone one day  |
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NONORT
Joined: 26 Apr 2012
Posts: 55
Location: Southampton
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| I believe it's something to do with 'eco' rubber being part recycled, and degradation of rubber at higher temperature's in heavily loaded tyres. |
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