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as above, I was just abouts to get myself some 2.35 High rollers 60a from the LBS with the kevlar bead today, and thought its probrably a good idea to ask what others are running first, so i know what work well.
My understanding is the no tubes stans rims with yellow tape allow me to use any tyre not just tubeless with sealent and run without tubes? obviously some will be better than others so what do you suggest?
I was running a pair of those High Rollers on Flows and they were fine. Now using 2.4 Advantages and they seem very good so far.
2 pairs of Flows both run tubeless with yellow tape + Stans' sealent
XC bike - Minion single ply
DH bike - Minion DP UST
No problems inflating + sealed ok with normal track pump. Tiny amount of sealent sweating through walls on the single ply - but stopped after a few days.
Bonrager Big Earls 2.5s - non tubeless but they inflated very easily. I like em, similar feel to HRs really I think.
2.4 ardent up front, 2.2 ardent rear
minions and high rollers - great tyres so far but had puncture on rear third time out!
going tubeless today
Non-UST 2.2 Rubber queens with black chilli compound run with stans strip and sealant and at 25-28 psi. Awesome grip and rolling and lightweight to boot :o).
2.25 UST Nobby Nic/Racing Ralph combo.
fitted some 2.3 UST Vertical pros to a mates bike recently, as CRC had them on offer recently.
Used 3M tape, Stans valve and some sealant.
2.35 dtc non-ust nevegals
seem fine all over
seems to me there's 2 main differences between tubeless & non-tubeless tyres:
tubeless are a bit heavier - more rubber in the carcass. I use tubeless for cuts/thorns so I see it as a good thing; if you race & don't have flinty terrain you might disagree
the "foot" of the bead seems a lot wider on tubeless. I reckon this allows easier sealing & less likely to burp/dislodge
but I dunno much
Rocket Ron non-tubeless on front, Smart Sam tubeless on rear with stans strip,sealant & valves.
Bonty Mud X on front
Panaracer Trailraker on rear
Both using Stans tape and milk, no problems yet.
i was using a single ply minion 2.35 maxxpro kevlar but had a couple of nasty blow-outs on the front which took the tyre off the rim, i don't think the kevlar bead is tight enough to keep it on the rim for "enthusiastic" riding without a tube to support it. been using it with a tube for a while now with no further problems.
i'm new to this tubeless lark so feel free to write off my experience but it just seems too much of a coincidence that the same thing would happen in a short time space where i would expect a tubed tyre to stay put.
2.2 Rubber Queens UST version.
I tried the 2.4 Rubber Queens (UST I think) on Flows tubeless last year, but the rear blew off the rim first time, so I would advise against (plus they're larger than tractor tyres, which may have caused the problem as the stans rims do have a reduced rim height). I'd also advise against the lighter Kenda Nevegals - almost gave up on tubeless as they never stopped leaking through the sidewalls.
No problems with High Rollers, the LUST ones are very nice, and the non-UST ones usually seal pretty quickly.
Andy
High Roller 2.5 SP on front, Crossmark 2.25 on rear
Just stuck some high rollers on tonight, Sealed up lovely. Admittedly i stuck a tube in first to get one bead to seat, but the second wheel i just removed the core and hit it with the blow gun straight down the valve, pop pop pop smiles!
They've been holding air for a good 5 hours now i've kept flipping them over just to make sure its all fine, sealed etc. I'm very surprised how stable they are on the rims to, to be honest, I've got circa 35psi in them both and they are a lot more stable on the rims than my contis with tubes in on my 719s. Thats just testing it with my hand bud i cant see why it'd be no different riding, Ive tried to bend the tyre off the rim and get it to burp but it wasnt happening 😆
2.3 Blue groove on the front, 2.3 nevegal on the rear, both DTC and both non ust, both kevlar beads run with the rubber rim strip and stans and no probs in 6 months so far.
I tried non-ust maxxis on my stans with the yellow tape, and couldn't get them to stop pissing sealant from around the bead. Got the flow specific rubber rim strips to try again, and that didn't help either. I have michelins on now, and they're dandy.
Old school conti vert pros in UST flavour run at 45psi do all I want.
Bontrager mud-x 2.0 in winter or acx 2.2s for the small window of summer in the middle.
Loving the maxxis advantage LUST 2.1's and I'm damn quick up and down - these tyres rule... 2.1 is more like 2.25 for tubelsess.
Must get another one to replace my panarecer on the front.
big earl wet tubeless ready 2.35's - fitted very easy with yellow tape and a bit of wheel milk, no mess at all
bargin price as well for the tyres from je james
agree with biking_jk, the ADvantage Lust 2.1 come up pretty wide and seem to be a really good tyre. I tried the exception version on the Flow rim with yellow tape and had a couple of roll offs. I was probably taking the p155 a bit with that!
2.35 sp kevlar bead highrollers, flow rimsrips no probs!