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Old 04-09-2017, 06:39 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Piwoslaw View Post
When I first started noticing that the ends of the liners are wearing away at the tube, I shortened them to have a 1-2cm gap, instead of an overlap. That helped, but did not resolve the issue.

I can't find the page now, but when browsing today I came across an idea to line the tire with the metal tape from a tape measure. I think it also proposed putting an old tire between the metal tape and inner tube to protect the latter from the former. This would make the tire almost bulletproof, but it might take some creativity to squeeze an inner tube, metal tape measure and a used tire inside a 700x28C ...
Yes but that still leaves an edge to rub on. carefully trimming flush end-to-end and maybe a bit of glue or tape bridging the gap might eliminate that. the metal tape seems like it would only make it worse. introducing sharp edges inside the tire. I believe tube-less is the future but have not yet tried it myself.

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