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Okay, i bought a set of flows a months or so back. These are on Hope pro2 evo hubs. As such the rims have the green porous tape attached.

From my LBS's recommendation i bought a stans conversion kit to go tubeless.

But it came with very slim yellow tape. Every video and tutorial i have watched shows or specifies wider tape that covers the whole of the inside of the rim. At 55 quid spent on this kit i will be pretty pi''ed off to have to buy more kit.

Any ideas. Im going down to the LBS for a full idiots guide 🙂 tomorrow but if you guys have the answer then fire away.


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 3:48 pm
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What size tape was in the kit?
IIRC you need 25mm for the Flows


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 3:56 pm
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What kit did you get? There's a Hope one with the wide tape, two valves and two little bottles of sealant for about £20.


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 3:57 pm
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I think stans do different size tape for different rims. I bought the hope flow tubeless kit from crc for 20 quid. It had the correct tape for flow rims, 2 valves and 2 bottles of sealant. That's all I needed. Wrong kit maybe?

Edit-onzadog beat me to it. 🙂


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 3:58 pm
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At £55 it sounds like you got rubber rim strips that you don't need for flow rims.


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 4:00 pm
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looks like its the wrong kit. out came with 2 room strips. slim yellow tape and sealant. winner. 😯


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 4:04 pm
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Can you send/take it back?


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 4:06 pm
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yep, just been on the phone. It's going back tomorrow. Cheers for conforming i wwasn't going off my head 🙂


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 4:12 pm
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Never said you weren't going off your head, just said you had the wrong kit. 😉


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 4:22 pm
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Just to confirm. All you need is 25mm yellow tape and two valves
Just watch the stans video the tape can be a little odd to use if it's your first time


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 5:35 pm
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cheers for the help guys 🙂


 
Posted : 12/09/2012 9:03 pm
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FWIW a top tip from this very site - use electrical insulation tape, couple of wraps and job done


 
Posted : 13/09/2012 5:29 pm

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