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Was intent on setting the fatty up tubeless today. Watched all the videos on youtube, looks easy enough. Tyres off, tubes out. Went to apply gorilla tape as a rim strip can't get it to stick to anything, wont even stick to a plastic bucket.
First time i've used gorilla tape thought it would stick like s*** to a blanket. Have I got a dodgy roll or does it only stick to itself.
Nope, it's shite.
it's always been pretty dam sticky for me. Was the rim clean?
Split tube and Laminate flooring underlay is the best most reliable method for tubelessing the OO wheels
Use it on rims, fork and frame. Only adhesion issues are worrying about how to get it back off
Mine has always been super sticky, unless its really really cold
Everything was nice and clean. Sounds like a dodgy roll, I'll return it and try a different roll.
yeah i used it fine when i first tried ghetto tubeless back in the day. sticky as a sticky thing.
None of my victims made a sound or escaped, works just fine for me
Nope, it's shite
This. I did a Dually rim with the stuff and will never put it on another rim.Took forever to clean all the sticky crap off the rim after.
Think of it as a lucky escape if it didn't stick 😀
Works for me. Better than most dedicated tubeless tapes. Conforms to the rim well better, sticks better, fills the gap on undersized rims/oversized tyre combos.
It is tricky getting the residual glue off the rim if you remove it, but I don't do that often.
It's what ENVE supply with their rims/wheels to make them air tight.
Normally sticky. Give the rim a good wash with hot, soapy water and try again with a fresh bit of tape.
Something slippy on rim- give it a clean first, it should stick just fine, better than most tubeless tapes
But still, I don't like it, because it's such a total **** to get off.
Don't know about fatty rims, but built a new 29 er wheel this week, 2 layers of insulation tape and one go round with gorilla and all went on perfectly and was very sticky . Was a brand new rim and didn't clean it but looked clean.
meanwhile in a jungle somewhere Gorilla's contemplate the uselessness of HumanTape (TM)