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Not on a road bike before anyone wonders; this would be on a gravel bike!
Winstanleys have the 120tpi Challenge Gravel Grinder 38 for £25; the open tubular version. I'd like to try these but would be interested to know if they would work tubeless - wheels are tubeless.
Has anyone got open tubular tyres set up tubeless?
Thanks.
I haven't but suspect you'd struggle
This is not a tubeless rated bead on the casing and Challenge strongly advises against trying these in that manner.
from here
http://ridinggravel.com/gravel-news/challenge-tires-gravel-grinder-38mm-tires/
I think that related to the vulcanised version, the open ones would be very difficult to mount. Try a latex tube? I am tempted to get some at that price, as I was looking at some chicanes for my cross bike.
I tried the Limus on a Stans rim and it just kept blowing off the rim. Gave up on the fourth attempt.
Thanks all. I had a feeling it wasn't going to be viable - or indeed possible!
Winstanleys have the Gravel King SK due in and their prices for them are best I've seen; I know that it has a tubeless ready bead.
I've a small amount of success with a grifo on the front of my sons cross bike, but the sealant bleeds through the side wall continually and it loses pressure quite quickly enough for a cross race and warmup but not much more. The rear kept burping and wouldn't work very well at all, he's aslo very light so ended up with latex tubes.
I have had two sets of Strada Baincas. Even the tread is porous.
A slow puncture in the rain showed bubbles everywhere!.
Would be nice if they would work but I doubt it somehow. They don't sit anywhere near the rim in-inflated. In fact just fitting a tube is a sod and keeping that tube away from the bead is worse.
Let us know how you get on.