Friend is looking to fit tubeless on these rims (regular Pro3, not the 3V), which I think can be a bit tight for some tyres. Anyone got any recommendations, or ones to avoid? Casual googling suggests Conti 5000 could be a real headache
My conti GP5000's have been a breeze to use tubeless
On those wheels conti 5000 where a nightmare. Pro Ones were fine on those rims as were Bontrager R3’s.
I’m using challenge strada in 27mm tubeless at the moment, went on fine.
I have the Pro and the RSL, I’d say out of all the tyres I’ve tried pro ones probably easiest on those rims...still tight as they’re wide rims.
Thanks 😊
@AdamT also my experience, they’ve been a dream on some wheelsets, but not on these rims from what I’ve read!
@W00dster - good experience with the pro ones myself (assuming Schwalbe?). What are the RSLs? It’s not the really wide Pro3V - 25 mm internal width, it’s the 19.5mm Pro3. Never heard of the Challenge Strava - are you using those 27mm with rim brakes? Just wondering for clearance
Just double checked which ones you mean, I've had pretty much all Trek performance tyres over the last decade (my old team had a deal with Trek).
The rim brake Aelous 3 you mention I found to be absolutely fine to install most tlr tyres. I didn't use the Bontrager insert though, just used normal tlr tape. I would have used Stans back in 2017/2018. I had both the Aleous 3 and 5, loved the Aelous 3's, very light, no impact with cross winds. Probably not much aero gain, but they looked awesome on my Emonda.
As these were my training wheel I would have used Pro One's on them, I don't recall ever thinking with those that they were a nightmare. I went from the Aelous 3's to Reynolds Strike wheels and those were an absolute pig, so I would have remembered if the Aelous 3's were similar.
The challenge strada I use are here...... (they also do a 25mm version) https://www.challengetires.com/shop/products/strada-1/59300
The RSL I mention are the disk version.
Thanks, w00dster - that's really helpful 🙂