Mr Celine
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My first mountain bike, which I bought a year ago, came with tubeless ready tyres on tubeless ready rims. Due to riding it on thorn encrusted tracks I've decided to convert to tubeless so bought some sealant and tubeless valves. I naively assumed that tubeless ready rims would have been fitted with tubeless ready rim tape but this turned out not to be the case. I was passing an Evans branch on Saturday so popped in and bought the only stuff they had in stock, Stans no tubes.
I watched the Stans video and cleaned the rim accordingly. The tape I bought looks the same but is neither sticky nor stretchy. The only thing it seems to stick to is itself and I managed to cover the rim by wrapping two layers on it. It doesn't stay stuck to the rim in the centre channel where the spoke holes are. Am I doing something wrong or is this tape rubbish? Will it seal if I add sealant?
I watched the Stans video and cleaned the rim accordingly. The tape I bought looks the same but is neither sticky nor stretchy. The only thing it seems to stick to is itself and I managed to cover the rim by wrapping two layers on it. It doesn't stay stuck to the rim in the centre channel where the spoke holes are. Am I doing something wrong or is this tape rubbish? Will it seal if I add sealant?