Egg beater cleats / going tubeless with Panaracer Fire XC's?

Crayfish

Looking for some help... (stupid questions probably)... :oops:

1. Can anyone tell me whether standard SPD cleats (that were being used on Shimano 540 pedals) will work on Crank Bro's Egg Beater pedals?

2. Also, I want to go tubeless with Mavic XC717 rims and Panaracer Fire XC tyres. Is this going to be possible - has anyone tried tubeless with the Fire XC?

Ta :?

The Spiderman

Pretty certain you need eggbeater cleats,which should come with the pedals.

Crayfish

Thanks Spidey.

hey... long time no contact. I've been inactive on the forum for a while. Do any good routes around Herts recently?

We've been travelling to Woburn now and again which is really good in the winter.

Do you know anything about tubeless?

z000m

which tubeless system are u planning to use? stans dont recommend panaracer tyres

Crayfish

The only one I've ever used is Stans No Tubes. Don't you think it'll work?

OllyUK

I'd imagine tubeless would be possible with a kit like Stan's No tubes..however the pana's are reccomended for it as they have an 'unreliable bead'.
http://www.justridingalong.co.uk/content.php?pid=529

The mavic 717s should be fine though so you could get a set of tyres that work well for tubeless.

Crayfish

I see Stans don't NOT recommend them (if you know what I mean) - and under the list of recommended tyres they do say "*most other brands"

S_J_P

Panaracer tyres tend to have quite slack beads, so you may struggle to seat and seal them. You'll also run the risk of the tyre rolling off. Give it a go though!

Take a long hard look at the Stan's video before fitting though, it has a wealth of great tips!

The Spiderman

spencerfrater wrote:

Thanks Spidey.

hey... long time no contact. I've been inactive on the forum for a while. Do any good routes around Herts recently?

We've been travelling to Woburn now and again which is really good in the winter.

Do you know anything about tubeless?

Some good routes,but my local XC routes have been so bad,they`ve mostly been on the road bike!

I rode over to Flamstead and Gaddesden row on Tuesday.

I`m off up to Woburn,at the end of the month,to do a skills course so looking forward to seeing how it is.

I know a bit about tubeless,but still haven`t attempted the change,yet.I will gladly use you as a guinea pig though!

If you look at wwwjustridingalong.com they tend to reccomend Maxxis.
Something like a High Roller,or even a Medusa would probably be a good choice for local conditions.

You`ll have to come out and bring that new Rock Lobster one day.

Crayfish

Yep - when I get it I'll let you know.

I've gone tubeless on my other bike already - a Stumpjumper, which came with DT swiss rims and Spesh Captain UST's - it was a mission - took hours to get the beads to sit in - but it's great now. I used a Stans kit. You know how this area is for punctures...