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In the past I have used Stan's rim strips on really old wheels, but I am sure I have also done this on some wheels sets going back 10 years plus with just Stan's yellow tape, and regular tyres. However Stan's Website says - DON'T DO THIS. Overcautious?
Wheels are Ritchey WCS Alu disc - probably about 7-8 years old (on a Boardman)
Yea or Nay?
I say try it.
Before I got UST wheels on both bikes I always used Tesa 4289 tape which is basically a cheaper version of Stan's. Never tried it with non tubeless tyres though.
got a set of hope hoops on dt5.1 with stans yellow tape from about 2010 been faultless run every tyre i've thrown at them ust, tr & some real old floppy paper thin spesh non tubeless.
Thanks, guys - its not the tyres I'm concerned about though. I have many many non tubeless tyres running this way. It's is there something about the rim that could be an issue? Again, I don't think so - I am fairly sure I have done it to other rims older than this which I do not think were designated 'tubeless' friendly, but I do not have any to check now.
it sounds like it should work. you are just sealing the rim. 1 inch gorilla tape is working really well for me and its cheap.