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Ok, so please help me out here: I have a set of mavic cross ride wheels with Continental Mountain Kings tyres. Can I go tubeless and with what setup? Can I just tape the spoke holes, pop in a valve and slime and inflate? Or would I need different tyres or perhaps a rubber strip between the rim and tyre (I've heard some people call this a rim strip) or totally new wheels? What do the experts say?

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Thanks for all the replies! I just want to confirm that I had no contribution in the survey, nor do I know the student. I just received an email forwarded from a friend where the sender desperately requested responses. And thought why not post it here to the (hopefully) right audience.

An honors student is doing a thesis on Brand Building, and has a survey circulating focused on Mountain Bike brands. If you care to contribute to someone’s education, please take 5 minutes and complete the survey by following this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JDBYWGZ Thanks!

Thanks for the advice! Planned on shopping on the Hub for a frame, fork and wheelset if I build, or perhaps venture into something Carbon from the east. Then again, if I can re-use components it's only the Reba and the Cross ride wheels I should sell. The rest I will re-use for now and upgrade as funds become available again. If I sell complete, would likely buy complete, then the Scott spark 940 looks like a nice option, but I will be downgrading on groupset. or Giant Anthem X1

I need some advice on options to upgrade my Raleigh Nomad 10 to a DS bike. Current specs on Nomad: XT derailleurs, crank, cluster, disk brakes SLX shifters, Mavic Crossride wheelset (tubeless conversion) Rock Shox Reba RL fork. Raleigh (RGP) seat and post, FSA bar and stem, etc I assume with the correct frame I can re-use all spares on a new DS frame? Which of these parts can be re-used on a 29er build? If I don’t re-use some of these parts, should I break up the nomad and sell separately, if not, what is a reasonable asking price for the bike as is (frame has some normal scratches and chips) Any advice?