Monday, January 21, 2008

RoundOne - Tubeless




This is my first attempt of a tubeless system on a road wheelset. I used a Stan's rimstrip with a Mavic Locust tire. Knowing rim diameter would be an issue I chose to use rimstrip for a 26" mountain bike wheel. I trimmed 1/8" off each side of the rimstrip and streached it over the 700cc wheel. This thinned out the rimstrip giving more room for the tire to seat inside the rim. Pretty simple setup and took less than an hour. I pump up the tire to 80 psi to get it seated and work/shake the stans fluid to fill the gaps. I still have some small leaks around the rim but should be solved soon by working the tire a few more times. If that does not work I will change the setup a little. Most likely a new tire which may seal better.