Yes I know they are designed to tubeless adaptable however does it really work/is it worth buying the DTSwiss tape etc?
Any user tips? On these rims do you really need tubeless tyres to get a seal on the bead or can you just ghetto them with non-tubeless tyres?
I've got DT 470 rims on my 29er, sealed them with 5 or so loops of electrical tape*, making sure alternate loops went arround/up each side of the rim. Valve cut out of an old innertube with a couple of mm of the rubber left on it and the locknut done up tight.
Specialized 2bliss tyres went up first time with a track pump, took them off to add sealent and pumped them back up again, been airtight since. I've had similar success with non tubeless maxxis high rollers on alex/specialized rims.
*propper rubbery stretchy stuff, I had some hard plasticy stuff from maplins the other week and it was nowhere near as sticky and didn't stretch so wouldnt follow the contorurs of the inside of the rim.
Where did you get the good stuff from? I've got some from B&Q for other users and it was a bit pants
I did struggle with tubeless on some DTSwiss 4.2's - the air always seemed to be coming out past the spoke nipples.
I persevered and added more rim tape and they seem ok now.
I just use standard Joe's rim strips, though, £60 for a pair of wheels for the 'right' strip seemed too much, tbh.
Not an EX500, but I ran a 5.1 tubeless for a bit with rim strips. Found the (UST) tyres were hard to mount - ridiculously tight on the bead. Couldn't be arsed with it - if you did puncture it would need a group effort to get the tyre off.
Used stans yellow tape on mine 2 x round then add sealant they have been fine .
B&Q stuff was fine for mine. The maplins stuff was more like thick selotape.