26" Tubeless Tyres. What are you using?
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suburbanreuben
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These, http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TYGEGATNT/ ... lding-tyre
in 2.1.
Nice thick rubber and a real bugger to get on. Went up 1st time with a track pump.
Great in the filf. Not as grippy as Mud Xs but moch quicker.
These, http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TYGEGATNT/ ... lding-tyre
in 2.1.
Nice thick rubber and a real bugger to get on. Went up 1st time with a track pump.
Great in the filf. Not as grippy as Mud Xs but moch quicker.
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I've just bought the non-TNT version of them in 1.9 for the winter rides. To give me more room in my frame, over the 2.25. (This is for a 97 explosif and running tubed)
TNT are basically thicker walled (snakeskin in schwalbe talk) and tubless ready. I can only assume they are priced to sell off as Geax are moving to their mother company name Vittoria now.
I've just bought the non-TNT version of them in 1.9 for the winter rides. To give me more room in my frame, over the 2.25. (This is for a 97 explosif and running tubed)
TNT are basically thicker walled (snakeskin in schwalbe talk) and tubless ready. I can only assume they are priced to sell off as Geax are moving to their mother company name Vittoria now.
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I've been looking at 1.8/9 and 2.1 only, as I have had rubbing issues with some slightly wider Tioga's I was running in the frame previously.
I have Rocket Ron's on my 29'er and was looking to see what Planet X had, but they are out / low on stock, so I think I'll grab some GEAX and see how we get on.
Trouble with tubeless is that I'm less inclined to chop and change them as I would with tubed tyres, mostly due to the mess of all that latex gloop. :facepalm:
I've been looking at 1.8/9 and 2.1 only, as I have had rubbing issues with some slightly wider Tioga's I was running in the frame previously.
I have Rocket Ron's on my 29'er and was looking to see what Planet X had, but they are out / low on stock, so I think I'll grab some GEAX and see how we get on.
Trouble with tubeless is that I'm less inclined to chop and change them as I would with tubed tyres, mostly due to the mess of all that latex gloop. :facepalm:
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There us a thinner Mud version of the tyre and it is as far as I can see just narrower. Not sure if they have the TNT version for tubeless but it's damn light according to the specs.
I suppose the chop and change is the biggest drawback of tubeless and gloop.
At some point I'll figure our what I need for my xc717 rims brakes to run them all tubeless.
There us a thinner Mud version of the tyre and it is as far as I can see just narrower. Not sure if they have the TNT version for tubeless but it's damn light according to the specs.
I suppose the chop and change is the biggest drawback of tubeless and gloop.
At some point I'll figure our what I need for my xc717 rims brakes to run them all tubeless.
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I guess if you had a little compressor it would all be easier.
XC717's are my favourite rim, but having been there a couple of times with my son, I REALLY wouldn't bother trying to run them tubeless, as the volume of air required in order to get the tyres to seat is quite high. We ended up using a track pump to put pressure into an old lemonade bottle which we then released with a bang. Two or three goes were needed to seat each tyre and even after that they used to go flat and cripple gloop everywhere, it was not a happy experience.FluffyChicken":3o4fnkv9 said:
I guess if you had a little compressor it would all be easier.
suburbanreuben
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The 1.9 has slightly shallower knobs than the 2.1, but the 1.7 gets the full height jobbies.
TNT is available in all sizes,but be warned- they are signiuficantly heavier than listed.
I'm past worrying about weight though. Ijust want to go out and not worry about punctures or gashed sidewalls.
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The 1.9 has slightly shallower knobs than the 2.1, but the 1.7 gets the full height jobbies.
TNT is available in all sizes,but be warned- they are signiuficantly heavier than listed.
I'm past worrying about weight though. Ijust want to go out and not worry about punctures or gashed sidewalls.
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And once a non-tubeless tyre has been used tubelessly, all the subsequent uses are far easier, as all the small holes are now filled.
Trying to do any tubeless conversion as a true ghetto can be a nightmare, unless you get a perfect combination of a tight fitting bead, and good seal. You generally need at least one, if not more, proper tubeless component. Either the rim itself (BST or UST), or a conversion strip (fwiw, the Joe's strip seems to just be cut out of an inner tube, and is fairly useless. The stans one at least seems to have had some thought put into the design.
Practice and a cheap compressor. I use the left over sealant from the tyre I've taken off in the tyre I'm putting on. Usually only need a half scoop top up.NeilM":cz5mti6n said:
And once a non-tubeless tyre has been used tubelessly, all the subsequent uses are far easier, as all the small holes are now filled.
Stans standard 26" rim strip with a decent rim tape underneath (I've got velox) just to bring the seating diameter out a bit. A lot of rim tapes are too thin. Foam insulating tape or a couple of goes with narrow duct tape will also do the trick.FluffyChicken":cz5mti6n said:
Trying to do any tubeless conversion as a true ghetto can be a nightmare, unless you get a perfect combination of a tight fitting bead, and good seal. You generally need at least one, if not more, proper tubeless component. Either the rim itself (BST or UST), or a conversion strip (fwiw, the Joe's strip seems to just be cut out of an inner tube, and is fairly useless. The stans one at least seems to have had some thought put into the design.
A high volume pump can be quite useful too, something that shifts a lot of air, but struggles to reach road pressures. Or buy a load of CO2 cartridges, I use them on the trail, and only paid about 35p each (the two boxes I currently have are ~5 years old, and I'm only half way through the first, so I don't need them very often!)
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