"Tim Streater" wrote in message
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In article , Jim GM4DHJ ...
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"Nick Odell" wrote in message
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On 18/10/2018 11:36, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
After a puncture and a ruined tyre I tried to put back on an old 28
inch
bike tyre that WAS on the bike years ago only to find its diameter was
now
far to big to fit the rim....is this normal ?

When the inner tube is inflated, doesn't it push the bead out into the
correct location on the rim?

no that was the strange thing...it was far to large a diameter to even
come near the rim with the tube inflated.....never mind it is in the bin
now..........

Did you not join the dots? Or perhaps it was caused by you tearing
along the dotted line.

.........that will be it...tee hee