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adamdenw
Thanks - this is reassuring in that my idiocy isn't to blame this time round. Except maybe for getting the rim in the first place! Swapped the Velox for a more slippy plastic rim tape yesterday but still no luck getting the tyre to sit in the shoulders rather than channel even with water and then talc as a lubricant. Will try tonight to pack out channel. Even if I get it sorted though, it makes me worried about getting a puncture out & about...