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Right. So. I thought I was buying a set of Suzuki wheels, turns out I bought a set of Spanish-Made Akront wheels.
We got to Folkestone (from Swindon) and I wasn’t going home empty handed. In the car on the way back a quick search online turned up only positive remarks about Akron. Apparently long-established, competition level stuff and quite sought after. So I hope they work on my DR (apparently they were fitted on the ‘99 SE the guy has). I’ll find out Next week once the mechanics fit the tyres plus new tubes. The guy gave me a 3 year old and relatively new looking set of Avons gratis, so I saved on buying tyres for the time being.
When I got home, the emergency tube I’d used yesterday was already at 3.5psi, down from 20. So I had a third attempt at tube changing, with the new UHD tube from the mechanics.
Lubed the rim and bead like a night in Soho and it was so incredibly painless, I’m embarrassed I had so much trouble last time.
The trick really is to keep it slippery.