tires

[ameletter]

Up to now I had no luck for finding a decent tire in the Northern Rivers - prices from 165 to 450 Dollars per piece made me wonder where you guys get your tires from?

[Bigal]

Up to now I had no luck for finding a decent tire in the Northern Rivers - prices from 165 to 450 Dollars per piece made me wonder where you guys get your tires from?

Longstonetyers.co.uk - great service and exchange rate is great

[John]

I guess you mean http://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/page/citroen-2cv
The way the pound is for the moment, might not be a bad buy, shipping is 95 pound.
I get mine from DS Motors in Brisbane: http://2cvdirectory.com/mechanical/d...368879371.html

PS: "A Special Offer on Michelin and Pirelli Cinturato Tyres only, FREE Shipping to most countries Worldwide ( including Australia & Japan)", see http://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/page...hTerm=135+X+15
Their calculator adds 95 GBP, but if the shipping is free, then 89 GPB (approx 140 AUD) per tire is a steal for a Michelin I think.

[petitepoupée]

Here's a "duh" question ... do the Michelin ZX's only come as non-tubeless? Or to put it another way, must one run them with a tube?

[petermelb]

i thought the michelins were tubeless, check with your tyre supplier, or look on the sidewall of the tyre

[petitepoupée]

i thought the michelins were tubeless, check with your tyre supplier, or look on the sidewall of the tyre

Reason I asked was that after going to the Longstone tyres site, I saw that they sell 135 tubes as well as the 135 tyres.
My tyre supplier would probably think I was talking about a pushbike tyre in that size.

[petermelb]

as far as i know the michelins are tubeless, though you can run them with tubes

[petitepoupée]

as far as i know the michelins are tubeless, though you can run them with tubes

Thanks Pete ... that helps. I spoke yesterday with another Duck owner who told me the tubes are used as a back-up in case the rims get damaged and can't hold air.
He also suggested that the reason 145's are popular for Raid cars is to provide just a little extra cushioning for the rim. Prior to that, I'd had the idea it was to put more rubber on the ground - ie tyre contact patch area.
Cheers.

[petermelb]

i ran 145's with tubes on the last raid, i was very happy with them, i think both cushioning and contact area is useful on raid. For ordinary road use there is nothing wrong with 125's, 145's have increased rolling resistance which can slow a 2cv a little.

[petitepoupée]

Well, I got the set of 125 tubeless, and on checking with a friend whose qualifications are impeccable (he has designed wheels for something like the last 40 years) I can say that the wheels on Dolly have a safety hump (that's the term used) rolled into the rim on the outer side.
Since the 2CV came into being long before tubeless tyres were common, I wonder if the wheels on the early cars were plain well-base (I would expect this to be the case).
Which begs the question, when did the 2CV rims first feature the safety hump?