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Hi, has anyone run DH High Rollers non ust on ust rims. This will be used in the alps. Will the tyres be tough enough?
I'd prefer to run a sealant than use the heavy DH tubes again if possible.
Cheers,
Yep, ran all kinds of non UST DH tyres on UST rims, just put a bit of extra latex in there. After inflation the bead may leak a bit for a while until the latex forms a seal, but just keep moving the wheel so the latex keeps washing around the area leaking, it will seal eventually.
However if you do get a real stubbon tyre that wont seal, then plan B will work. Put a tube in, inflate to ~50psi and leave for 24hrs. Then break the bead on one side of the tyre [u]only[/u], remove tube, put in UST valve and latex, re-seat tyre bead and inflate.
I've done non-UST dualply highrollers on Flows (also not UST, but works the same). Was a little more hassle to mount them than usual because of the stiffness of the tyre, but nothing too troublesome- pretty sure I had to innertube them first but that's cool. (I don't leave it overnight fwiw, I just bead them and take the tube straight back out)
Thanks, I'll try the inner tube trick to get them on and bed them in.
Does a single ply HR settle in the same way? The beadings not as stiff but can the sealant and inner tube trick work in the same way?
Cheers.
i could not get High Roller II Exo to seat on Mavic Deemax rims.... would always pop/burp on a dodgy landing.
if anyone knows how to get them to behave without an innertube then i would like to know! otherwise i'll be trying the new Mavic tyre offerings.
I've got a roam on an sx rim at the moment and it's been problem free. Currently running it at 16psi and it's given just about enough grip in these lovely conditions.
im not sure it will work, wont it absorb loads of moisture off the trails?
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FWIW I run decathlon special tubes in all my high roller trod dh bikes. No need for DH tubes.