Author Topic: Talcum powder in the wheels  (Read 7337 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Ice

  • Hypercafienated
  • Grand Gearhead
  • *****
  • Posts: 6,753
  • Karma: 0
  • Ride In Paradise Cabo, Don and Ernie
on: August 10, 2013, 03:42:31 am
 For a century or so a splash of talcum powder has been the standard anti friction/ anti chafe agent used between tire and inner tube.

 Throwing in a double splash at tire replacement time means extra talc on board and right where you need for slicking up the tire bead and rims flange when fixing flats on the road or trail.

 Handier and neater than packing a bar of soap in your tool bag.
No matter where you go, there, you are.


D the D

  • Grand Gearhead
  • *****
  • Posts: 1,174
  • Karma: 0
Reply #1 on: August 10, 2013, 04:45:38 am
Yep, use lots of talcum powder.  I got beat up for saying "baby powder" here.  Too unmanly for this crowd.  ;D
'07 Iron Barrel Military (Deceased 14 September, 2013)
2014 Yamaha Bolt R Spec V-Twin
1975 XLCH


Ice

  • Hypercafienated
  • Grand Gearhead
  • *****
  • Posts: 6,753
  • Karma: 0
  • Ride In Paradise Cabo, Don and Ernie
Reply #2 on: August 10, 2013, 05:22:00 am
I swear baby powder is way better than regular old talcum,,,makes my inner tubes smell nice too.  ;D
No matter where you go, there, you are.


mattsz

  • Grand Gearhead
  • *****
  • Posts: 5,525
  • Karma: 0
  • moto-gurdyist
Reply #3 on: August 10, 2013, 01:10:17 pm
I couldn't even find talcum powder - so baby powder is was for my tire change!  I used Windex to lube the tire, but why not use powder for that, too?

I wonder if there are any potential long term rust concerns using powder, which supposedly absorbs moisture?  In theory, the Windex eventually evaporates.

Now I can see I've got way too much free time...


Ice

  • Hypercafienated
  • Grand Gearhead
  • *****
  • Posts: 6,753
  • Karma: 0
  • Ride In Paradise Cabo, Don and Ernie
Reply #4 on: August 11, 2013, 12:17:10 am
I vote baby/talcum powder.

 If it were problematic in any way it would not still be in use in Aviation tires.
No matter where you go, there, you are.


barenekd

  • Grand Gearhead
  • *****
  • Posts: 5,516
  • Karma: 0
Reply #5 on: August 11, 2013, 01:01:34 am
I have certainly witnessed the difference it tube life between the chafing and antichaffing.
The talcum powder negates the necessity of putting a new tube in every time you get a new tire. I had the original tubes in with 4 sets of tires behind them when the bike crashed. The tires still held air! If they haven't been punctured and I don't see any chafed spots, I use the tubes for a longtime!
Replace them everytime? Poppycock!
Bare
2013 Moto Guzzi V7 Racer
2011 Black Classic G5 (RIP)
I refuse to tiptoe through life only to arrive safely at death
http://www.controllineplans.com


boggy

  • Grand Gearhead
  • *****
  • Posts: 1,841
  • Karma: 0
  • Karma Ultra: 7
Reply #6 on: August 13, 2013, 02:05:29 am
"... wheels" is not how I expected "Talcum powder in the..." to end.
2007 AVL
2006 DRZ400SM


High On Octane

  • Grand Gearhead
  • *****
  • Posts: 6,075
  • Karma: 0
Reply #7 on: August 13, 2013, 01:30:47 pm
I used baby powder for the first time (as per mentioned on this forum) when I installed my 705s.  Sure makes a mess at first, but the tube definitely seated better inside of the tire.  Especially when trying to maneuver the tube inside of the tire to get the valve stem lined up.  Seems like it almost eliminates pinch flats too.

Scottie
2001 Harley Davidson Road King


ROVERMAN

  • Grand Gearhead
  • *****
  • Posts: 1,177
  • Karma: 0
Reply #8 on: August 13, 2013, 02:03:31 pm
So talcum powder is made from talc. Is baby powder made from.........?


t120rbullet

  • Grand Gearhead
  • *****
  • Posts: 1,967
  • Karma: 0
Reply #9 on: August 13, 2013, 02:26:04 pm
So talcum powder is made from talc. Is baby powder made from.........?

Some of it is corn starch based. You don't want corn starch in your tire, it gets wet and turns into wallpaper paste.
Talc is what you want to use in a tire.
If all else fails use Gold Bond and save what's left over for your underwear. Still smells good when you take it off a few years later.
CJ



1972 FLH "Sambo"
1999 Enfield 500 Black Deluxe "Silver"
2023 Guzzi V7 Special "BOB"


Ice

  • Hypercafienated
  • Grand Gearhead
  • *****
  • Posts: 6,753
  • Karma: 0
  • Ride In Paradise Cabo, Don and Ernie
Reply #10 on: August 13, 2013, 07:48:02 pm
~use Gold Bond and save what's left over for your underwear. Still smells good when you take it off a few years later.~

:o

No matter where you go, there, you are.


Arizoni

  • Grand Gearhead
  • *****
  • Posts: 7,412
  • Karma: 2
  • "But it's a dry heat here in Arizona
Reply #11 on: August 14, 2013, 01:18:58 am
What's underwear?  :o

 ;D
Jim
2011 G5 Deluxe
1999 Miata 10th Anniversary


t120rbullet

  • Grand Gearhead
  • *****
  • Posts: 1,967
  • Karma: 0
Reply #12 on: August 14, 2013, 02:15:54 am
~use Gold Bond and save what's left over for your underwear. Still smells good when you take it off a few years later.~
:o

That's what I get writing something at work when 3 people are talking to me.
I was going to change it to read "when you take the tire off a few years later" but what the hell, it fits both ways I guess.

Arizoni, underwear is something you wear up here in the great white north to keep things close so they don't catch cold.

 
1972 FLH "Sambo"
1999 Enfield 500 Black Deluxe "Silver"
2023 Guzzi V7 Special "BOB"


High On Octane

  • Grand Gearhead
  • *****
  • Posts: 6,075
  • Karma: 0
Reply #13 on: August 14, 2013, 02:23:12 pm
That's what I get writing something at work when 3 people are talking to me.
I was going to change it to read "when you take the tire off a few years later" but what the hell, it fits both ways I guess.

Arizoni, underwear is something you wear up here in the great white north to keep things close so they don't catch cold.

 

Don't forget your LONG JOHNS/LONG UNDERWARE!  LOL    ;D  It's been a few years since I've had to wear those.  Thank God.

Scottie
2001 Harley Davidson Road King


barenekd

  • Grand Gearhead
  • *****
  • Posts: 5,516
  • Karma: 0
Reply #14 on: August 14, 2013, 02:59:58 pm
Quote
Don't forget your LONG JOHNS/LONG UNDERWARE!  LOL    ;D  It's been a few years since I've had to wear those.  Thank God.

Thought you lived in Denver! You ride without long johns? When I'm up in the mountains around here in the winter, you bet your bippy I do. I guess though I can remember riding in 25 degree weather in Wyoming with a t-shirt on occasionally when I was a kid. Didn't go very far.
Yeah, it's a dry cold!
Bare
« Last Edit: August 14, 2013, 03:05:18 pm by barenekd »
2013 Moto Guzzi V7 Racer
2011 Black Classic G5 (RIP)
I refuse to tiptoe through life only to arrive safely at death
http://www.controllineplans.com