Kenda Small Block 8

[Conti]

i know the tubeless topic has been covered a 1000 times.

 

Does the Kenda S B 8 (wire bead) work well with a ghetto conversion?

Is R198 a good price for these tyres?

what expected mileage on these?

 

thanks

[FasterThanFast]

yes it will work fine, use stans not joe's

dont go lower than 30psi

[sss000sss]

Been running Kenda SB8 (UST version) for 18 months now. No issues, nice tyre.

 

Rear one almost needs replacement +/- 3000km. Can probably get another 500km out of it

 

[Marius]

wire bead??? i don't know if this will work... wire, like in non folding wire???Marius2009-05-29 06:42:03

[Conti]

yes, the non folding type with wire bead

[Marius]

I personally did not think it was possible with the Wire bead one and still not convinced.

[Conti]

sal dit maar die naweek probeer, en sien of dit gaan werk

[Conti]

did the conversion last night.

1st attempt with a Bmx tube (schrader valve) was  not an option, as the tyre did not seat proper at the thicker rubber around valve.

could not get a presta valve Bmx tube in PE, so used a 24" presta tube.

not ideal as you don't have a tight fit around rim.

so the conversion was done, no problems sealing and was still hard this morning

Conti2009-06-09 02:35:54

[Christopher Brunsdon]

 

 

did the conversion last night.

1st attempt with a Bmx tube (schrader valve) was  not an option' date=' as the tyre did not seat proper at the thicker rubber around valve.

could not get a presta valve Bmx tube in PE, so used a 24" presta tube.

not ideal as you don't have a tight fit around rim.

so the conversion was done, no problems sealing and was still hard this morning

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My reason for aborting my ghetto conversion on Sunday too. My Kenda tyres (cheap ones that came with my Giant) seem to have a kink in the wire. Its not bad, but its enough for me to be cautious and rather try ghetto when I replace my tyres.

cbrunsdon2009-06-09 04:32:53

[Conti]

 tyre was still hard last night, so i tested my mixture to see if it will seal.

push a sewing needle into tyre, sealed straight away when i pulled it out.

as my tube do not have a removable presta core i wanted see how i was going to refill it without damaging or disturbing the ghetto conversion.

got a syringe and a piece of silicone hose at Pharmacy and it was so easy.

with a tyre level lifted tyre about 5 mm of the base of rim, not over lip

just enough to squeeze the pipe inside tyre and injected the mixture.

no waste and it sealed perfectly again.

so i dont need a removable presta core Bmx tube but just the standard Bmx presta tube.

if i can find it