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  • Weight Saving and Tubeless
  • rootes1
    Full Member

    Just rebuilt my rear wheel for my swift with a new hub and also decided to go Tubeless… reused rim and spokes, but used new nipples.

    All weights minus cassette, disc and skewer

    Old Wheel
    Rim: Mavic TN719 29er
    Spokes: Sapim Race + brass nipples
    Hub: XT M756
    Rim Tape: Velox
    Tyre: Worn Geax Saguaro (tube version)
    Tube: Bontrager 29er tube

    Weight: 2,095g

    New Wheel
    Rim: Mavic TN719 29er
    Spokes: Sapim Race + brass nipples
    Hub: Nukeproof Generator
    Rim Tape: Caffe Latex Tape
    Tyre: New Specialised S works Ground Control
    Caffe latex Valve + 80ml of foaming latex

    Weight: 1,763g

    Saving of 332g.. not bad

    Tubless was simple as well (which was shocking), though did need to use that tip to pull the bead towards the rim with a tyre lever before inflating – once did that was ok to inflate with a track pump.

    + nukeproof hub seems nice and is nowhere near as loud as a hope hub which is great!

    just the front to do now.

    mikewsmith
    Free Member

    well done, now?

    rootes1
    Full Member

    Yer got a nukeproof hub for the front wheel plus to go tubless as well… though have to do diy now instead.. grrr

    was quite surprised how easy inflating tubeless tyre was.

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    bradley
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    Diet…

    rootes1
    Full Member

    diet?

    did not do it to save weight really, but mainly need a new hub plus wanted to give tubeless a go to see what the fuss was about..

    ps i’m not lardy… 6’5″ and 78kgs.. 😉

    mikewsmith
    Free Member

    honestly you change the hub and other bits and make a weight difference I can achieve in a porta-crappa or by sweating!!

    rootes1
    Full Member

    Mike,

    honestly you change the hub and other bits and make a weight difference I can achieve in a porta-crappa or by sweating!!

    No, as above changed the hub as the XT one was knackered and I fancied trying tubeless.. just recorded the weight difference for interest..

    If was had really been weight saving I would have also replaced the rims (crests) and used alloy nipples..

    why do people twist stuff / don’t read posts properly on here?

    Si

    ps I also had a big dump this morning – most satisfying but did not weigh it… so do not know the saving. 😉

    nikk
    Free Member

    Saving of 332g.. not bad

    honestly you change the hub and other bits and make a weight difference I can achieve in a porta-crappa or by sweating!!

    Over 300 grams is not a bad weight saving. The flaw in the have-a-crap argument is you can do that as well and save even more weight. It all adds up.

    rootes1
    Full Member

    just so people can say they can save more weight by having a haircut..

    did my front wheel – mainly to convert to tubeless..

    300grams saved, through tyre change, hub (well had to match the rear though hub only contributed a saving of 50g over the XT hub, though it is convertible to 15mm axle – handy if i get new forks)

    so overall F+R saving 632g…

    Caffe Latex Kit was easy to use.

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