Feckin tubeless

bails87
bails87 Posts: 12,998
edited August 2010 in The Crudcatcher
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Bah!
MTB/CX

"As I said last time, it won't happen again."

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    dont you mean "home made tubeless"? :wink:
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  • psymon
    psymon Posts: 1,562
    is there really any point to em?
    i havent ridden em , but i know what advantages they are supposed to give but does this out weigh the ball ache of set up?
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  • Andy
    Andy Posts: 8,207
    psymon wrote:
    is there really any point to em?
    i havent ridden em , but i know what advantages they are supposed to give but does this out weigh the ball ache of set up?

    Yep
  • psymon
    psymon Posts: 1,562
    why?

    cost more.
    pain to set up.
    heavier tyres.
    still have to carry tube just in case.



    just so you can run lower pressure?
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  • neninja
    neninja Posts: 424
    If done properly and methodically they are a piece of cake to set up.

    Both bikes are set up tubeless with no issues setting up or running them.

    Cost more - not really - both wheelsets had Stans tape fitted already so only the cost of the fluid.
    Pain to set up - not at all - once mastered can set up a pair of wheels in almost no longer time that fitting a tube.
    Heavier tyres - nope - both bikes run standard folding non-ust / tubeless ready tyres - Schwalbe (sub 500g tyres) and Kenda on the other

    Still carry a tube but have never needed it and would have to carry one anyway so a non-issue
  • Andy
    Andy Posts: 8,207
    psymon wrote:
    why?

    cost more.
    heavier tyres.

    Wrong
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    They're standard rims with a Stans conversion kit.

    I think the leak is through a hole from where I pinched the tyre between rim and rock. No pinch flats me arrse! :lol:
    MTB/CX

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  • psymon
    psymon Posts: 1,562
    Andy wrote:
    psymon wrote:
    why?

    cost more.
    heavier tyres.

    Wrong

    right

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  • Andy
    Andy Posts: 8,207
    He's not running normal tubeless though.
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    Just so we're clear, the sealant leaked out of a hole in the tyre. Nothing to do with the rim or the bead/seal.
    MTB/CX

    "As I said last time, it won't happen again."
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    bails87 wrote:
    Just so we're clear, the sealant leaked out of a hole in the tyre. Nothing to do with the rim or the bead/seal.
    I've had that happen. Where I would normally have had a pinch flat, the tyre was damaged, so... much of a muchness really.
    HOWEVER, in your case, I think it's clear that what's happened is your can of degreaser was enjoying some watersports with your bike.
    Either that or they were having some kind of bukake party.
  • psymon
    psymon Posts: 1,562
    2 weeks ago, out for a ride.
    stopped at a metal farm gate.
    opened said gate and psssshshhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

    managed to perfectly hit the valve and shear it clean off!
    1 in a million shot and stoopidest puncture of my life.
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  • psymon
    psymon Posts: 1,562
    " bukkake party"

    my fave kind of party :wink:
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  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
    Andy wrote:
    psymon wrote:
    why?

    cost more.
    heavier tyres.

    Wrong

    Right actually... there is no weight saving to be had if running tubeless.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    How the hell do you hit precisely the valve on your wheel, with a farm gate, without causing any damage to the rest of the wheel?
  • Andy
    Andy Posts: 8,207
    The Northern Monkey wrote:
    Andy wrote:
    psymon wrote:
    why?

    cost more.
    heavier tyres.

    Wrong

    Right actually... there is no weight saving to be had if running tubeless.

    I was pointing out the tires don't have to be heavier :wink:
  • The Northern Monkey
    The Northern Monkey Posts: 19,136
    Andy wrote:
    The Northern Monkey wrote:
    Andy wrote:
    psymon wrote:
    why?

    cost more.
    heavier tyres.

    Wrong

    Right actually... there is no weight saving to be had if running tubeless.

    I was pointing out the tires don't have to be heavier :wink:

    Fury muff.... just does my nut when people say a benefit of tubeless is a weight saving when its just not :lol:
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • psymon
    psymon Posts: 1,562
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    How the hell do you hit precisely the valve on your wheel, with a farm gate, without causing any damage to the rest of the wheel?


    i dont know, like i said 1 in a million shot.
    im glad too because it was the first ride on the new pro2s but not a mark on them.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Sounds like one of the trailfairies had it in for you.
  • Andy
    Andy Posts: 8,207
    The Northern Monkey wrote:
    Andy wrote:
    The Northern Monkey wrote:
    Andy wrote:
    psymon wrote:
    why?

    cost more.
    heavier tyres.

    Wrong

    Right actually... there is no weight saving to be had if running tubeless.

    I was pointing out the tires don't have to be heavier :wink:

    Fury muff.... just does my nut when people say a benefit of tubeless is a weight saving when its just not :lol:

    It was for me ;)
  • peter413
    peter413 Posts: 4,909
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    Sounds like one of the trailfairies had it in for you.

    Wasn't me, must have been Northwind :wink:
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Nah, you just call yourself a fairy. I'm talking about the real ones.
  • peter413
    peter413 Posts: 4,909
    :cry:
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Did I just make you cry? you big fairy :lol:
  • peter413
    peter413 Posts: 4,909
    So I am a fairy :D
























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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    A lot of tubeless, is well, to be frank, shiiiite.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Got a phone call the other day from my mate who's borrowed my tubeless equipped bike.
    Apparently, a thorn punctured the tyre, and the sealant did nothing but spray him in his face :lol:
  • psymon
    psymon Posts: 1,562
    common issue whilst spannering in bike shop.
    letting down a tyre for whatever reason and getting a come shot of fluid to the eye.
    not in a good/kinky way either
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  • Raymondavalon
    Raymondavalon Posts: 5,346
    Trail fairies blessed me once..
    Riding at New Fores, got a piece of broken off tree branch in the front wheel, it got caught on the fork legs and sheared the [Presta] valve off and the branch snapped. Not one damaged spoke! Talk about lucky..
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