Tubeless options - various wheels - which solution ?

nels

Hi,

I'm looking to convert my wheelsets to Tubeless and what to standardise as opposed to have multiple manufacturers and methods.

Wheelsets to convert;
Bontrager Rythym Comp x2
DT Swiss 5.1 and xr400
DT Swiss 445D

All advice/experiences welcomed.

regards
Nels

allthegearnoidea

apparantly the Hope tubeless kit is much the same as the Stans just £20 cheaper!!
some find ghetto works well for them, some use a couple of layers of Duck/gorilla tape works well, others will only use Stans!!
i cant comment on coverting as mine are tubeless ready rims, but cheapest would be ghetto, - 3x 20"bmx tubes and some sealant, most expensive would be Stans at £45 a set,

mrmonkfinger

I don't like the duck tape approach - all fine if the rim & tyre are tubeless ready, otherwise... asking for trouble IMO

Nothing but good experience with ghetto method here.


What tyres are going on which wheels?

nels

Mostly Schwalbes Dirty Dan , Rockets Rons etc.. all tlr models

mattjevans

mrmonkfinger wrote:

I don't like the duck tape approach - all fine if the rim & tyre are tubeless ready, otherwise... asking for trouble IMO

Why, out of interest (since I just finishing gorilla taping a back wheel to try this method...)

cooldad

Because it's a bodge.

mrmonkfinger

cooldad wrote:

Because it's a bodge.

And can be dangerous.

Tubeless ready stuff at least has some guarantee the bead will seal to the rim.

None such with normal tyres & rims... a loose tyre can and will simply blow off the rim. For this, a rubber rim strip (ghetto or various conversion kits) method provides something (ie the rim strip) for the bead to seal to.