Rim Strips - found where?

[MudLark]

Hi guys,

I have several bikes and I am just totally gatvol of rim tape. I've got rim strips on my one bike and they're just so good that I want to convert the other bikes too. If anyone knows of a good source for rim strips with a range widths - I am looking for wheels with 19mm ID and 22mm ID - I would be very grateful. I know I can probably get the Bontrager strips but at R400 a pop when rim strips normally sell for less than R100, I'd like an alternative if possible. 

TIA.

ML

[guidodg]

Temu

[MudLark]

Thank you. I have never used Temu and it didn't even cross my mind - but will take a look.

[DieselnDust]

Buy maxxis light weight road tubes and you’ll get rimstrips in the box gratis 

Edited yesterday at 09:24 AM by DieselnDust

[guidodg]

https://www.temu.com/goods.html?_bg_fs=1&goods_id=601099693450110&sku_id=17592883942787&_oak_page_source=501&_x_sessn_id=k6snvhf2n1&refer_page_name=shopping_cart&refer_page_id=10037_1747645988164_vm9rfjku8y&refer_page_sn=10037

[guidodg]

https://www.temu.com/za/mountain-bike-road-bike-tire-cushion-ring-high-pressure-vacuum-tire-pad-tape-ultra--ring-liner-10m-long-multi--g-601100118408601.html?_oak_mp_inf=EJn7oLio1ogBGiAzNmM1YTA3ZjlhNzU0ZDE5YjFlN2Y5Y2YzYjc2MTNkYiCE4cm%2B7jI%3D&top_gallery_url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.kwcdn.com%2Fproduct%2Ffancy%2F8a7fb337-e58a-4fc9-bac2-6b19a56dbd5c.jpg&spec_gallery_id=7162304121&refer_page_sn=10009&refer_source=0&freesia_scene=2&_oak_freesia_scene=2&_oak_rec_ext_1=NjEwMA&_oak_gallery_order=35081296%2C1152612996%2C1379652018%2C1983218571%2C1802604672&search_key=Tubeless Rim Tape&refer_page_el_sn=200049&_x_sessn_id=k6snvhf2n1&refer_page_name=search_result&refer_page_id=10009_1747646053219_itgxwhmnsy

[MudLark]

17 minutes ago, DieselnDust said:

Buy maxxis light weight raid tubes and you’ll get run strips in the box gratis 

That looks like fabric. I'm referring to the rim strips used for tubeless setups instaed of rim tape.

[DieselnDust]

Just now, MudLark said:

That looks like fabric. I'm referring to the rim strips used for tubeless setups instaed of rim tape.

But those are rim tape, just plastic

[MudLark]

14 minutes ago, guidodg said:

https://www.temu.com/goods.html?_bg_fs=1&goods_id=601099693450110&sku_id=17592883942787&_oak_page_source=501&_x_sessn_id=k6snvhf2n1&refer_page_name=shopping_cart&refer_page_id=10037_1747645988164_vm9rfjku8y&refer_page_sn=10037

 

12 minutes ago, guidodg said:

https://www.temu.com/za/mountain-bike-road-bike-tire-cushion-ring-high-pressure-vacuum-tire-pad-tape-ultra--ring-liner-10m-long-multi--g-601100118408601.html?_oak_mp_inf=EJn7oLio1ogBGiAzNmM1YTA3ZjlhNzU0ZDE5YjFlN2Y5Y2YzYjc2MTNkYiCE4cm%2B7jI%3D&top_gallery_url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.kwcdn.com%2Fproduct%2Ffancy%2F8a7fb337-e58a-4fc9-bac2-6b19a56dbd5c.jpg&spec_gallery_id=7162304121&refer_page_sn=10009&refer_source=0&freesia_scene=2&_oak_freesia_scene=2&_oak_rec_ext_1=NjEwMA&_oak_gallery_order=35081296%2C1152612996%2C1379652018%2C1983218571%2C1802604672&search_key=Tubeless Rim Tape&refer_page_el_sn=200049&_x_sessn_id=k6snvhf2n1&refer_page_name=search_result&refer_page_id=10009_1747646053219_itgxwhmnsy

Thanks - but both of those are rim tape, not rim strips.

[guidodg]

aha, sorry...

[MudLark]

1 minute ago, guidodg said:

aha, sorry...

https://www.trekbikes.com/za/en_ZA/equipment/cycling-components/bike-rims-accessories/bike-rim-strips-and-tape/bontrager-tlr-rim-strip/p/31426/

To better explain. It's a complete substitute. You buy it once, it lasts forever and you never have drama. No leaks. Zero, nothing. 

[Shebeen]

1 hour ago, MudLark said:

Hi guys,

I have several bikes and I am just totally gatvol of rim tape. I've got rim strips on my one bike and they're just so good that I want to convert the other bikes too. If anyone knows of a good source for rim strips with a range widths - I am looking for wheels with 19mm ID and 22mm ID - I would be very grateful. I know I can probably get the Bontrager strips but at R400 a pop when rim strips normally sell for less than R100, I'd like an alternative if possible. 

TIA.

ML

So basically the original Stan's no tubes replacement strip?

I might actually be doing this on a 26" bike soon.

rolling back the years

so looks like you can only get the full system

https://twowheelstrading.co.za/product/wheels-2/tubeless-kits/tyre-sealant-stans-tubeless-kit-xc-26/

 

 

[MudLark]

23 minutes ago, Shebeen said:

So basically the original Stan's no tubes replacement strip?

I might actually be doing this on a 26" bike soon.

rolling back the years

so looks like you can only get the full system

https://twowheelstrading.co.za/product/wheels-2/tubeless-kits/tyre-sealant-stans-tubeless-kit-xc-26/

Yes, similar but without the integrated valve.

 

 

[DieselnDust]

2 hours ago, MudLark said:

https://www.trekbikes.com/za/en_ZA/equipment/cycling-components/bike-rims-accessories/bike-rim-strips-and-tape/bontrager-tlr-rim-strip/p/31426/

To better explain. It's a complete substitute. You buy it once, it lasts forever and you never have drama. No leaks. Zero, nothing. 

this is the old Rolf Wheels tubeless rim strip system that was developed in the early 2000's. When Trek bought Rolf Wheels they also bought the tubeless rim strip IP. No one else makes that sort of rim strip. Even NoTubes dropped this system because it was not as reliable as a rim tape. Rolf Wheels used this plastic rimstrip because their paired spoke and offset spokes made it very difficult to seal the spoke bed with a fibre tape in the widths available at the time

Edited yesterday at 12:03 PM by DieselnDust

[DieselnDust]

1 hour ago, MudLark said:

 

this won't work on road tubeless. The pressures are too high

[MudLark]

4 minutes ago, DieselnDust said:

this is the old Rolf Wheels tubeless rim strip system that was developed in the early 2000's. When Trek bought Rolf Wheels they also bought the tubeless rim strip IP. No one else makes that sort of rim strip. Even NoTubes dropped this system because it was not as reliable as a rim tape. Rolf Wheels used this plastic rimstrip because their paired spoke and offset spokes made it very difficult to seal the spoke bed with a fibre tape in the widths available at the time

 

1 minute ago, DieselnDust said:

this won't work on road tubeless. The pressures are too high

Very interesting history. As always, thank you Diesel.

Two things:

I have used them consistently since early 2018 with zero - and I mean zero - issues on a pair of Bontrager Kovee Elite MTB carbon wheels. They've been nothing but an absolute delight for me, although they do make for a tighter fitting tyre.

I don't plan to use them on any road bike. The 19mm ID wheels are a pair of Mustang Elites on a MonsterCross bike I built years ago on which I run RaceKing 2.2's (and the wheels are just fine for the purpose, the cost of an upgrade not being justified) and the 22 IDs are Roval Control SCS' that I run with 38mm tyres on a very nice very light albeit old Diverge where my highest pressure is 2.8 bar. They will survive that, based upon my experience to date.