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Trying to convert to tubeless on a new bike - rims are " Alex Draw 2.1P Asymmetrical, 32h, tubless ready". I assumed I could just stick in some tubeless valves and Stan's and away I go but air is coming out of the valve hole as fast as it is going in?
Tyre has seated with the help of a compressor but cannot stop air coming out of the valve hole no matter how tight I have done up the valve on the rim. Do I still need to breakout the Duct tape?
Have you taped the rim?
There is what I assumed to be tubeless rim tape already installed. Maybe its an incorrect assumption on my part that this would result in them being tubeless ready?
It's more about the construction of the rim. You need to put tape on the rim it will have a standard rim tape in there.
It's probably only got standard rim tape on there.
Ah that would make sense. I'll break out the duct tape. Damn me for making assumptions!
Cheers guys.
You're not the first to think that, and unlikely to be the last!!
Damn me for making assumptions!
I think the phrase you are looking for is "assumption is the mother of all **** ups" 🙂
Yeah tubeless ready rims means that they're actually sealed at the rim joints. You'll still need tubeless tape.
I just completed a ghetto tubeless conversion on my dad's commuter hybrid, with non tubeless rims and schwalbe 32mm tubeless ready tyres, the sealant sprayed out one of the rims joints by the bead about 2ft into the air before it sealed 🙂 other than that they finally seated fine, no ping when the beads seated though which was disappointing.
I think the phrase "tubeless compatible" would be far less misleading, but doubt the marketing men would go for that.
Yeah tubeless ready rims means that they’re actually sealed at the rim joints.
No it doesn't it means its designed with a shoulder to seat the tyre bead on and stop it falling back inti the channel at the centre of the rim at liw pressure.
Probably.
No worries guys. Gorilla tap and Stan's. Went straight up and some very satisfying pings as the tyre went onto the bead.
No it doesn’t it means its designed with a shoulder to seat the tyre bead on and stop it falling back inti the channel at the centre of the rim at liw pressure.
Probably.
Ahh, that makes sense, that too then 🙂
It would explain why the bead was popping back off the rim when releasing the pressure on the non tubeless ready rims.