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Is it me,or is there still a place in the market for a faff free tubless solution......?
Unless you go the full UST tyre and rim route and accept the weight/price peanlty........
Huh? Stan's Flow rims are entirely faff free - No drilling or rim strip or soapy water or compressor or anything required.
Once the yellow tape was on, which is no harder than putting on normal rim tape, my non-tubeless Bontrager tyres inflated a treat with a track pump, and have been fine. Didn't even need sealant though I have put some in anyway.
I really don't know how people manage to make it so difficult for themselves.
819 with UST has been faultless over 7 years IME.
819 with non-UST tyres has been easy enough but had to cut the tyres off as the latex had dried out and sealed them totally after 2 years.
Now have 2 wheels with Stans. Flow with UST tyre - went up easily, stays up, no problems. Arch with Racing Ralph 29er non-UST & rim strip - err, went up easily, light as you like, no problem.
But ... a mate has a set of Hope Hoops with Stans 355 & UST Schwalbe Furious Freds. One just won't inflate - gets to 25 psi and air escapes. Just can't get it working.
IME tubeless is great if you don't want to change tyres frequently, like others have said. Until the recent Furious Fred debacle I'd have blamed user error, but as I have failed to get it to work that can't be right 😉
Success! Used some CO2 and it went up just fine. It may be my track pump is a bit rubbish.
I was a 819/UST user for years and they were trouble free. Now i have my Flows inflated i think they should be fine.
cant see the advantage of stans over ghetto.
if i upgrade from ghetto it will be to 819 on current thinking.
Yeah,
Stans is a ball ache on normal rims and tyres.Bit hit and miss.Am using 819 and ust on my trail bike and tubes with sealant on my race bike(so i can change tyres regulary).Would like to try Stans rims to lighten up the trail bike but past experiences have put me off! UST has been great,reliable,bombproof and easy to fit.Think i'am happy to put up with the extra weight.Now if Mavic could build some lighter UST rims that would be good!
Tanx Max