tubeless

[Marius]

Kannie glo mense ondersteun nog vir Willie nie....party mens het te veel geldtjie me thinks..

[Mudsimus]

I just found out the Sugg Retail for the Speedking with gatorskin is R385. So its not that bad.

[Brakkies Sport Fotos]

don't think, its going to burn.

[Buff]

In Willies defence, the gatorskins are more expensive (almost double).

Why buy gatorskins though, it's a marketing hype. Same thread, pretty sidewall? You're running slime/sludge anyway for puncture protection.

 

I think I paid R160 for normal Speedkings (and I never punctured on Sunday).

[Brakkies Sport Fotos]

Buff... "P.A"... spoke to Peter (the distibuter) and he recommended we buy the gatorskin for next years epic. I spoke to "P.A", last night and he told me he also experience (on saturday) that his gatorskins loose air while riding.

 

 

 

So, we are not going to use it on the epic , but rather on the day races and stuff.

[Buff]

Yea, that's why he wasn't there on Sun. He woke up to find his front tire flat. I personally think it's because of the gatorskin that it's leaking. It's probably working it's way through the fibres. You actually need to try it on a normal Speedking. I'll try it when I get my new tubeless rims and let you know if it works any better.

[Mudsimus]

For the tenth time.... I use the normal non tubeless Speedking tyres as tubeless on my crossmax wheels...No problems..no leaking... nothing! I'm also suspecting the gatorskin to cause the leak.

[Brakkies Sport Fotos]

agree muddy. I had the wheels in the swimming pool, my bra, and the bubbles is from the krokodil vel.

 

 

 

I AGREE, IAGREE, I AGRREEEEEE.....with YOUUUUUUUUUUU

[Buff]

Sorry Muddy, missed that... thanx

[cat-i]

 

 

3 ways to convert:

Cheapest - http://www.geocities.com/etrexkb/no_flat.htm

Not cheap - http://www.no-flats.com

More expensive - http://www.notubes.com/

 

Or you can buy tubeless rims and tyres and fill them with Stan's.

 

thank you, linnega, this demystified the whole concept for me!

 

[Mudsimus]

http://www.geocities.com/etrexkb/no_flat.htm

 

I did this a few times already...very easy and it works great! It will cost you about R80 to convert two wheels to tubleless. Thats if your current tyres are in a good condition. You can use normal tyres, no need for ust.

[cat-i]

Finally had time to read through this ... it sounds like the advantages of "tubeless" comes from the stans only? what's the difference then between sludge/slime and stans? or what did i miss? 

[dirtrider]

Slime/Sludge will stop a puncture . Stans will plug a hole . While on the subject , it seems the Joe's conversion is not on par with Stans . The rubber with valve is way to thin and causes problems . We had a bike with Joe's blow last night and the cause was apparently this rubber . The DIY conversion works very good if you got rims that takes the big valve .

[scotty]

If the slime/sludge does not work, Oliver's Yes Tubes has an advantage over tubless. For only about R10 you can get an emergency kit

 

 

 

Oliver's Yes Tubes Hop-Up Kit includes:

Two fully enclosed rubber tire filling devices with integrated valve stems (no need for "special" rimstrips!)

Detailed installtion instructions.

Easy do-it-yourself installation, without having to use an air compressor.

[dirtrider]

 Sure and waste 5 minutes doing so . But it's definitly something not to be left at home !!!

[cat-i]

 

Slime/Sludge will stop a puncture . Stans will plug a hole.  The DIY conversion works very good if you got rims that takes the big valve.

 

rims that can take big valve