Tubeless....... worth a try?

[T-Bone]

http://www.notubes.com/product_info.php ... ff4320c3a7

Seems like a reasonable price to try it out, just don't know which wheels i'd put them on. I guess they'd be most suitable for training, though i'd still want to take a spare tube in case a puncture is too big for the sealant.

[mikesbytes]

Ian Jennings, former Waratah Vets rider, now living in France has been using these tubeless on his race wheels. He has been very positive about them.

If you want to contact him, I can provide the details.

[weiyun]

Ian Jennings, former Waratah Vets rider, now living in France has been using these tubeless on his race wheels. He has been very positive about them.

Did he actually use this particular commercial product? I thought he used a home made version of tubeless.

[mikesbytes]

Did he actually use this particular commercial product? I thought he used a home made version of tubeless.

I think he used these tyres, we can always ask

[christian]

You can probably make your own as you can with mountain bikes. You get a 650c tube and cut it so its a band with a value stem, it'll need to be under size so its tight, on 26" rims you use 24" or 20" tubes. You may need to put a few layers of tape under the band to stop it going into the spoke holes under pressure. Then you just use enough sealant and normal tires. On mountain bikes the difference between tubeless and normal tires is mostly the side wall. They are thicker and don't leak, the sealant takes care of this. If someone wants to try this I can donate some sealant to see how well it works.

[T-Bone]

I'd guess Ian probably would have used the proper tubeless rims.

I'm not really sure there's any advantage to tubeless, but i think it would be interesting to test it out. Not sure about the homemade method, as i suspect you'll still need the correct tires.

[mikesbytes]

No he used conventional rims