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Sip spare
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 6:31 pm
by flipster
I want to fit a SIP tubeless spare rim and tyre to my leg shield spare carrier . (Standard split rim and tyre fitted at mo ) Iām planning on using m8 long nuts on the studs with m8 bolts to fit through the rim . Can anyone tell me what length long nuts and bolts are needed ? Also any thoughts on the best tyre to choose for a spare to carry ? Thinking about a tyre obviously to fit front or back , so rotation direction applies ! Currently running on Conti twists so looking for something similar .
Cheers .
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Re: Sip spare
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 8:19 pm
by rosscla
Get a couple of the long cylinder head nuts and screw them onto the carrier and then use a suitably sized bolt to attach the wheel.
Re: Sip spare
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 2:27 pm
by Burnside
Re: Sip spare
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2019 10:51 pm
by corrado
More or less the same question .....
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=40433
If you're running tyres that fit in opposite directions, such as Conti Twist then it makes sense to have the spare rear orientated as most punctures and blow outs happen on the rear as they take more punishment , carry far more weight and have half the life of a front tyre plus if you keep it inflated at rear psi of around 30 lbs ft it's easier to lose air (for front use) than it is to add it.
Re: Sip spare
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 9:14 am
by Burnside
^^^ Good advise
Re: Sip spare
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 7:31 pm
by flipster
Tried the long nuts and bolt through idea which does work as in you can fix the spare to the carrier . But I dont like that due to the length of the long nuts the spare sits further away from the frame . Which to me looks odd ! Spare looks like a steering wheel !!! Could shorten these but that would only reduce the length of bolt threads in the nut ! Which ever way round you fit it .The split rim spare fits tight to the frame / legshields because the studs go through the rim which looks right ! Long bolts dont ! Cant see any other solution but to drill out the studs ( welded bolts ) and fit longer studs ! Ball ache . So , keep split rim , tubed tyre and m8 nylocs to use as spare and long bolts to fit sip rim to carrier (when swapped ) till I can buy a carrier with long studs to suit
Re: Sip spare
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 9:05 pm
by Adam_Winstone
flipster wrote: āThu Jun 13, 2019 7:31 pm
Tried the long nuts and bolt through idea which does work as in you can fix the spare to the carrier . But I dont like that due to the length of the long nuts the spare sits further away from the frame . Which to me looks odd ! Spare looks like a steering wheel !!! Could shorten these but that would only reduce the length of bolt threads in the nut ! Which ever way round you fit it .The split rim spare fits tight to the frame / legshields because the studs go through the rim which looks right ! Long bolts dont ! Cant see any other solution but to drill out the studs ( welded bolts ) and fit longer studs ! Ball ache . So , keep split rim , tubed tyre and m8 nylocs to use as spare and long bolts to fit sip rim to carrier (when swapped ) till I can buy a carrier with long studs to suit
I ran around with long nuts and bolts for about a year but then decided to weld some longer bolts into the carrier, which works fine and does look right (wheel closer to legshields).
Re: Sip spare
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 7:08 pm
by Eean
I'm about to do this, Think you need about 42mm length bolts to weld into the carrier to fit a sip rim
Re: Sip spare
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 11:31 pm
by rosscla
Martin (corrado) put a good post on FB about this recently -
https://www.facebook.com/22324381116707 ... 042506313/