I’m about to get my Pro 2 Hope Hoops rebuilt on new rims and was thinking of going back to tubeless after a few years away.

Can anyone recommend a decent all round alternative to the cack DT 5.1s I have now?

Stans seem a bit pricey at upwards of £70 each.

Mavic XM819

Light, tough, UST

Mavic XM819

Light, tough, UST

Aye

XM819’s thirded.

Fourthed.

baa.

Are there any other options, do Mavic make the only proper tubeless rims? Everyone else requires you to have some sort of conversion kit? But I assume even converted rims don’r have the structure to hold the bead like UST does?

sell your existing wheels and buy new hope hoops on stans rims for £255
mavic 819 rims are tubeless

stans require no conversion kit.

XM819’s £57, stan’s £60-68

I’d be choosing on what kind of rim I wanted rather than price. 819’s are not light but the sidewalls are beefy (stan’s aren’t!)

Have used Mavic 819 tubeless rims on both my bikes for some time now.
Seem very strong, taking drops up to 5-6ft comfortably – albeit I don’t weigh much – 11stone fully kitted up – not sure how they’d fair with a heavier rider? perhaps others can comment.
I use Hope ProII hubs on both wheel sets.
Have just last week changed rims on main bike to Stans flow rims – meant for more heavy duty riding.
Has meant where 819’s are narrow limiting tyre choice of width up to say 2.2″ before tyres start to role about on rims if riding with lower pressure, Stans flow rims give wider rim so can use wider tyres.
Stans rim need rim tape to run tubeless tyres but easy to fit and works fine.

Mavic 819s on DT 240s, Luurrvvly.

Welcome back to tubeless world.

S