I have non UST tyres on Stans rims, should I just reduce pressure a little, as I always did with tubes, or drain all fluid, and refill on arrival?
Anybody got any experiences, or horror stories?
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Flying and tubeless?
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Posted 2 years ago #
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urban myth
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Modern planes are pressurized to an equivalent altitude of about 6500 to 7000 feet.When you ride your bike up a mountain, do the tires explode when you get to the height?
The only time the pressure of your tires will make the slightest bit of difference is if there is a sudden pressure change, and if there is, the last thing you are going to be worried about is whether your tires have burst.
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If you are that worried, let a bit of air out of them. No problems.
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Good point! IGMC
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Does the plane let its tyres down when its taken off?
No
Then you'll be fine I guess.
One thing though, I used Stans for ages and went to the Alps last year. a month before I changed my tyres for fatter ones and popped some new stans in.
When I got back and changed by fat tyres for not so fat ones, the Stans had solidified into a ball of rubber. It had only been in the tyres for a month and a bit but before this was in the other tyres for nearly a year and was still fluid when I changed them over.
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