About three years ago I purchased my Road King Std. from a good friend. I stepped into his shoes with how he had set the bike up. I hated the spoke wheels and wide-whitewall tires that he had put on. Yeah, it looks good when kept spit-shine. But I don't want to spend time rubbing down each spoke (strike one) and scrubbing on the whitewalls (strike two).
Well, strike three occurred a couple of weeks back when I was down in Arkansas for CMA Colors Rally. My son (riding with me) and I were out deep in the Arkansas mountains when I got a flat - on the back tire.:thumbsdn:
Later I was able to get the bike trailered back to a bike shop and I was told that a tire that would fit my bike was available (cool!).:thumbsup: However, when my bike showed up the smiles turned to frowns when the available tire was a tubeless one. This, of course, is strike three.:badmood:
I am having some decent-looking blacked-out nine spoke cast wheels put on. And, naturally, tubeless tires. I wish I could ask my friend (who has since passed and "went home to be with the Lord") what was he thinking when he ordered this bike to have laced wheels? For a regular bike rider who often finds himself riding out away from civilization, laced wheels are a bad riding experience waiting to happen. -2$en#e-
Well, strike three occurred a couple of weeks back when I was down in Arkansas for CMA Colors Rally. My son (riding with me) and I were out deep in the Arkansas mountains when I got a flat - on the back tire.:thumbsdn:
Later I was able to get the bike trailered back to a bike shop and I was told that a tire that would fit my bike was available (cool!).:thumbsup: However, when my bike showed up the smiles turned to frowns when the available tire was a tubeless one. This, of course, is strike three.:badmood:
I am having some decent-looking blacked-out nine spoke cast wheels put on. And, naturally, tubeless tires. I wish I could ask my friend (who has since passed and "went home to be with the Lord") what was he thinking when he ordered this bike to have laced wheels? For a regular bike rider who often finds himself riding out away from civilization, laced wheels are a bad riding experience waiting to happen. -2$en#e-