brad890

have you tired fritz pinnar in hatfield, they are pretty big into their BMX stuff or so i've herd, just dont waste your time trying any of the bicycle stores here in the north, have tried montana cycles, karsten cycles, and one or 2 others. otherwise you could just ask them to order in, i know kenda makes 20" tubes with presta seen them on CRC.

from what i understand one cant really recycle the ruber because of vulcanizing that they do to them, most tires just end up in a land fill, or at least thats with car tires, guessing they do the same with bike tires?

well i've done it with those exact tires, front and back, worked fine, used a standard bmx tube and joe's sealant if tht helps, just make sure you use lots of soap the side walls are pretty prois, good luck

well if you gonna use Karma's i'm pretty sure it should work, because they have a tubeless range only difference is that the non-tubeless have a much thinner side wall so they tend to leak or at least thats what i've found digging on the web. just make sure your not shy on the soap so you can see where they are leaking and get the joe's to seal it. and you'll need either one of those co2 bombs or will have to pop in to the petrol station so you can use their compressor for that innitail inflation, as you need that innitial burst of air to push the edge of the tire against the rim and form a seal, a floor pump doesn't work for that trust me i tried lol . oh and just make sure you do it a while before the race incase it doesn't work for some funny reason. but good luck, worked for me don't see why it shouldn't work for anyone else lol

thanks for the help guys really appreaciate it and good luck to all the guys like me riding it for the first time lol. oh and xris take a look at this website http://bikemag.com/diy/tubeless-tire/ or this post for a alternative tubeless https://www.bikehub.co.za/forum_posts.asp?TID=24545 i've done it with my tires and its working perfectly, used to have to stop and fix a flat at least once a ride everytime i went out, and after doing it, have not had a problem since, and you dont need tubeless tires to do it, i've got the standard larsens at the moment, the side walls leaked allot but the joe's sorted that out, and should only cost about R160, (100 for joes and 60 for 2 bmx tubes) hopefully that helps

no one got any advice for me?

hi guys i'm gonna be doing the lion man for the first time this year, and was wondering if you guys could help me out, what tires should i run for the race? at the moment have got 2 maxxis larsen tt's on, but was wondering your guys opinion who've done the race before? thanks allot Brad

ok cool thanks for the help guys

hi guys i was wondering if anyone could help me out. i'm looking at maybe buying some parts and stuff from the USA. but the thing is i dont know how this import duties etc works? say i want to buy something that costs 100$. that would be about 750 in rands(say 7.5: 1) how much more ontop of that amount would i have to pay on duties vat ect. before i have the stuff in my hands? thanks Brad

hi guys i'm wanting to sell a pair of hayes sole disc brakes, came with my bike(bough second hand "07 moddel"), i'm selling because i want to upgrade. the leavers are a little scratched from use. but other then that as far as i can tell the brakes are in good working order? how much should i be expecting to get for the brakes. just brakes and levers. no roters.