18-05-2019, 01:19 PM
I bought a late RN many years ago, in fair running order. A little rust showed on the wheel rims but it did not worry me at first. Trouble was revealed on the way back from a Longbridge rally. In the outskirts of Birmingham I heard something rubbing in the offside rear wheel arch. The briefest examination showed a red balloon of tube poking through the inside of the wheel rim. Expecting it to pop within seconds I hoofed it down the road, but my passenger hoping to recover the situation a little tried to remove the valve. His ear was within two feet of the bang as the tube gave up, and many windows above shops at the roadside opened as residents tried to see who had been shot! My advice would be not to trust the wheel without removing the tyre and tube to properly examine the rim condition.
Robert Leigh
Robert Leigh