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Anyone know if the above tyres are available yet?
I want to run some Baron's tubeless (on Stans Arch rims) and understand the normal black chilli ones are a pain to seal.
The UST version's supposed to resolve this problem but they don't appear to be available? Have they sold out or have they not been released yet?
Next day tyres is showing end of Oct - anyone know if they're available anywhere now?
Bump for the afternoon crowd.
Madison are showing availability as 26/10
Thanks Simon.
Has anyone tried these in UST guise or will late Oct be the first time they're available?
[url= http://www.justridingalong.com/tyres-1/continental-tyres.html ]justridingalong[/url] have started stocking continetals, but just the one, give em a ring they're nice folk they are!
understand the normal black chilli ones are a pain to seal.
Normal black chilli Barons bead seal ok, but seem to have a somewhat porus sidewall meaning its hard to keep air inside.
If I've had any problems with bead sealing other tyres, its been issues with rim strips and fettling these sorts that out... compressor is a must also.
I've successfully sealed a few non UST conti's with DTSwiss sealant, but I think any of contis 'RTR' tires need Contis Revo sealant to make things much simpler!
BB - that's what I'd read. I think someone wrote that they'd been forced to use so much Stans to seal the porous sidewalls they'd made up the 100g weight difference between the normal and UST versions.
Is there any reason Contis Revo works better than Stans or DT sealant?
I've just looked at the Conti website and can't see why that would be the case?
My non-UST Baron needed patches before it'd seal at all and still took a while to actually hold air... But it's good now, and worth the faff IMO, it is a ridiculously good tyre.
Northwind - I think your review / post was one of the ones I read.
Could you elaborate on the patches? Do you mean you had to use tyre boots / innertube puncture repair patches or am I being obtuse?
I just use standard innertube patches (usually cut small, to about 1cm square, as I'm a skinflint) Works well and it's quite quick to do so not as much of a hassle as it sounds (you can refit and refill the tyre before the patch has set, since there's no real stress on them)
Sorry - I'm still not quite clear - was this just in the odd location?
If so how many?
I've previously fitted some well used Toro's tubeless - these had really porous sidewalls but did eventually seal - but it was lots of small holes rather than the odd big one that needed patching.
I think maybe 2 or 3? Couldn't tell you tbh, it's something I've done on a few tyres so not sure. But wouldn't be more than that or I'd have spat the dummy!
I wouldn't call them big holes, they're still just pinholes but some seal and some don't- I think maybe they're thin points in the rubber or somethign so there's not much for the sealant to glom to.
Cheers - that's not too bad. I was imagining having to line the inside of the tyre with patches...
Did you use Stans?
I've got lots and can't see that Conti's Revo can be much different?
Oh no, nothing like that! Wouldn't dream of doing that. Yep, I just use Stans but who knows, Conti stuff might be better.
In preparation for the summer 😉 anyone know when these (due in 2012!) are arriving?
Showing as discontinued on Madison's B2B site.