Tubeless compatability question....?

[ededwards]

I know it's not much use but I had the wheels that Gus is now in possession of and used tyres and tubes, steel beaded Wildslipper Lites(had some UST tyres, just never fitted them, not sure why). The tyres were a snug fit but got them on with one nylon tyre lever plus the heel of my hand. Got them off with out any drama too.

The worse tyre I ever fitted was a slick on my cousin's commuter, after puncturing 4 innertubes and snapping 3 tyre levers plus nearly having my eye out as one pinged across the room (that was my excuse for putting the mirrored M Frames on anyway) I took them to the LBS. The young lad in the shop then wrestled on the tyre with his bare hands, belying his tender years with some iron wristed and frankly mystical work. Having seen this I now mostly fit tyres without recourse to anything more than one tyre lever although my wife does give me some funny looks at my raw and bleeding palms.

 

[Augustus]

I know it's not much use but I had the wheels that Gus is now in possession of and used tyres and tubes, steel beaded Wildslipper Lites(had some UST tyres, just never fitted them, not sure why). The tyres were a snug fit but got them on with one nylon tyre lever plus the heel of my hand. Got them off with out any drama too.

The worse tyre I ever fitted was a slick on my cousin's commuter, after puncturing 4 innertubes and snapping 3 tyre levers plus nearly having my eye out as one pinged across the room (that was my excuse for putting the mirrored M Frames on anyway) I took them to the LBS. The young lad in the shop then wrestled on the tyre with his bare hands, belying his tender years with some iron wristed and frankly mystical work. Having seen this I now mostly fit tyres without recourse to anything more than one tyre lever although my wife does give me some funny looks at my raw and bleeding palms.

yeah, but we all know what you do for a living... :shock:

 

[FairfaxPat]

tubeless Tires

Wold Ranger talks about the weight of tubeless tires and the heavy rim strip. Mavic tubeless rims don't use a rim strip-so no excess weight there-plus there are a number of newer tubeless tires around that weigh in the low 600 gram to high 500 gram weight range.

 

[JustKev]

I agree with Ed - I never ever use tyre levers!

 

[Wold Ranger]

Re: tubeless Tires

Wold Ranger talks about the weight of tubeless tires and the heavy rim strip. Mavic tubeless rims don't use a rim strip-so no excess weight there-plus there are a number of newer tubeless tires around that weigh in the low 600 gram to high 500 gram weight range.

Yes they do sorry, its integral with the rim and there are no spoke apertures which also add a lot of weight. a UST rim is very much heavier than a standard tubed rim. The rim is slightly deeper too an as Wu found out fitting tyres can be really hard work and a messy business with all the goo when it comes to changing a tyre.

 

[SPESHMIKE]

Liquid hand soap, around the bead of the tyre works a treat they slip on nice and easy then! Just like I tell John (Gtrtsetc) everything works better with lube :?

 

[FairfaxPat]

tubeless Tires

The Mavic XM819 UST rim weighs 465 grams-not too heavy!

 

[Augustus]

If we are talking wheel weights then this crossmax front wheel (sans QR and tyre) weighs an impressive 540g. The Hugi it replaced only weighed 600g and that was with DT Comp spokes. In it's previous incarnation, built with DT Rev's, it was less).

Not that much in it.