Tubeless Adventure Pt II
I’ve just set up some tubeless-with-sealant wheels on Matthew’s new bike build (Orange Alpine 5).
Stan’s No Tubes “Flow” rims (and rimstrips and sealant) and a pair of Bontrager Big Earl 2.35 Tubeless Ready tyres.
Again, I fully expected them to be an afternoon’s worth of swearing, spoiled clothes, shredded knuckles and sweat.
But no. Strips went on the rims no prob’s. Tyres went on the rims no probs (a bit on the tight side but nothing too arduous). Half a cup of sealant chucked in no probs. Tyres inflated no probs (no need for soapy water or anything).
And the tyres are still up to pressure a couple of hours later.
I think I’m in danger of becoming one of those annoyingly keen tubeless zealots. Eek!
(p.s. Matt’s new bike looks ACE. I’m quite envious..)
March 18th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
I believe i have mentiioned before that UST is the true way
March 18th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
now that looks wrong. I mean tubeless by whatever method
March 18th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
and one day* you’ll get some decent tyres on yours
*soon if you want some sorting
March 19th, 2008 at 9:05 am
yeah, but take that excuse away and I would be left staring into the black abyss of my own ineptitude.
March 19th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
i think you’ll find you’ll become “more powerful than you could possible imagine..”
i’ll let you know when some conti rubber queen ust tyres arrive..
March 19th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
mmm big, black and bouncy