Running MTB tubs on Spin Carbon Wheels
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Steve Austin
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I should think so, they haven't got any spoke holes to worry about 
Steve Austin
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Bontrager Mud X work for me
RedBike
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Am I missing something. Why would you want to use tubs on a MTB?
No they wont fit on clincher rims.
It's probably a lot more practical to use tubeless tyres. You can buy a conversion kit or you can use a BMX inner tube and a tub of Stans sealant
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=tubeless+conversion&aq=f
No they wont fit on clincher rims.
It's probably a lot more practical to use tubeless tyres. You can buy a conversion kit or you can use a BMX inner tube and a tub of Stans sealant
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=tubeless+conversion&aq=f
Steve Austin
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I almost corrected you earlier, but i knew you meant tubeless, when you said you were gonna use stans.
Tubs is short for tubulars
Tubs is short for tubulars
Steve Austin
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its alright aserota, i know what you mean
RedBike
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I took tub to mean tubular. Which is a different system completely.
Tubulars have a tube sewn into the tyre itself and then the tyre is glued onto the rim. If you have a punture the tubes not exactly easy to get at. Even sticking a new tyre onto the rim has it's problems.
Tubeless tyres will fit onto standard clincher rims. Although a dedicated tubeless rim does seem to hook the tyre better.
Tubulars have a tube sewn into the tyre itself and then the tyre is glued onto the rim. If you have a punture the tubes not exactly easy to get at. Even sticking a new tyre onto the rim has it's problems.
Tubeless tyres will fit onto standard clincher rims. Although a dedicated tubeless rim does seem to hook the tyre better.
andrew_s
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"tubs" are tubular tyres. These are a full circle in cross section, and are glued to a rim that has no flanges. A tub has a tube sewn into the inside of the casing. You have to unpick the stitching along the underside where it is stuck to the rim in order to get at it.
I must say I wasn't aware that there were any MTB sized tubs.
A tubeless tyre has no inner tube, and has a bead shaped so that it forms an airtight seal against the rim. You also need a rim with no spoke holes in the rim bed, and preferably with flanges that match the tyre bead.
It sounds like this is what you mean.
See here for more info
I must say I wasn't aware that there were any MTB sized tubs.
A tubeless tyre has no inner tube, and has a bead shaped so that it forms an airtight seal against the rim. You also need a rim with no spoke holes in the rim bed, and preferably with flanges that match the tyre bead.
It sounds like this is what you mean.
See here for more info
RedBike
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Tubeless tyres are just like normal tyres except the side walls are a bit thicker to cope with the extra stresses (and obviously they're air tight.)
RedBike
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It can be very hard to inflate a tubeless tyre for the first time. Until you've got sufficent pressure to cause the tyre to seat correctly on the rim it isn't air tight. So when you first start pumping the tyre up air will be rapidly leaking back out.
Obviously you have to pump air in at a quicker rate than which it leaks out. You might be able to achieve this with a track pump but some tyre rim combinations are best done with a CO2 canister.
Obviously you have to pump air in at a quicker rate than which it leaks out. You might be able to achieve this with a track pump but some tyre rim combinations are best done with a CO2 canister.
