Comments on: What Your Future 29″er Will Look Like http://twentynineinches.com/2009/07/27/what-your-future-29er-will-look-like/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-your-future-29er-will-look-like 29er Bike Reviews, Rumors and News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:51:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: AGuy http://twentynineinches.com/2009/07/27/what-your-future-29er-will-look-like/#comment-60158 AGuy Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:51:51 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=3017#comment-60158 DrDon, I once ghettoed a tubeless system like the one you describe. It was on my Bontrager wheels. It worked fine, but a problem came about when I needed to put fresh tires on the rims; the made-up strips were in no shape to accept them. I was forced to rebuild this contraption. Personally, I'd go i9 wheels with Stan's rims The weight is pretty similar, the stiffness of the aluminum spoke might be comparable to carbon rims, and the price is way, way better. Of course, you are 'locked' with i9 hubs, but I don't think that's too bad of a thing. DrDon, I once ghettoed a tubeless system like the one you describe. It was on my Bontrager wheels. It worked fine, but a problem came about when I needed to put fresh tires on the rims; the made-up strips were in no shape to accept them. I was forced to rebuild this contraption.

Personally, I’d go i9 wheels with Stan’s rims The weight is pretty similar, the stiffness of the aluminum spoke might be comparable to carbon rims, and the price is way, way better. Of course, you are ‘locked’ with i9 hubs, but I don’t think that’s too bad of a thing.

]]> By: DrDon http://twentynineinches.com/2009/07/27/what-your-future-29er-will-look-like/#comment-60157 DrDon Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:18:33 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=3017#comment-60157 Edge did send my mechanic a document stating how to set up the rims tubeless. It involved building up the spoke bed with electrical tape. What worked better for me, however it was more time consuming and costly, was using a 24in cut down tube as a rim strip. Excess tube material was cut off after the tire, non-tubeless, was inflated. I now have Spec 2bliss and Geax TNT mounted over the previously used tube strip with sealant. Alas, at my weight I had to ultimately resort to heavy duty rubber. It would be very nice if the rims were tubeless from the beginning, but I'm sort of set and leave type of guy. Edge did send my mechanic a document stating how to set up the rims tubeless. It involved building up the spoke bed with electrical tape. What worked better for me, however it was more time consuming and costly, was using a 24in cut down tube as a rim strip. Excess tube material was cut off after the tire, non-tubeless, was inflated. I now have Spec 2bliss and Geax TNT mounted over the previously used tube strip with sealant. Alas, at my weight I had to ultimately resort to heavy duty rubber. It would be very nice if the rims were tubeless from the beginning, but I’m sort of set and leave type of guy.

]]> By: AGuy http://twentynineinches.com/2009/07/27/what-your-future-29er-will-look-like/#comment-60147 AGuy Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:51:03 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=3017#comment-60147 What about market forces? It seems Stan's is sales are brisk and healthy (most new model 29er I know, have them on). Shouldn't other manufacturers take a hint and join the wagon? What about market forces?

It seems Stan’s is sales are brisk and healthy (most new model 29er I know, have them on). Shouldn’t other manufacturers take a hint and join the wagon?

]]> By: Ted http://twentynineinches.com/2009/07/27/what-your-future-29er-will-look-like/#comment-60146 Ted Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:02:44 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=3017#comment-60146 @GT RE: Edge tubeless - Yup. Tell me a tire won't blow off boys; that's all I ask for my 2400 clams. And sad as it is to say, in litigation happy USA, the statement "just throw a Stans strip on it" is tacit endorsement, thus opening up a whole can of worms. Either make it official with some nice testing to back it up, or say "we don't recommend it". They are asking for trouble this way, which is a shame since they make fantastic products. I wonder if Katie is running hers tubeless? She han't been racing the EDGE wheels of late in the dirt, but Stan's rims. Curious about that. @GT RE: Edge tubeless – Yup. Tell me a tire won’t blow off boys; that’s all I ask for my 2400 clams. And sad as it is to say, in litigation happy USA, the statement “just throw a Stans strip on it” is tacit endorsement, thus opening up a whole can of worms. Either make it official with some nice testing to back it up, or say “we don’t recommend it”. They are asking for trouble this way, which is a shame since they make fantastic products.

I wonder if Katie is running hers tubeless? She han’t been racing the EDGE wheels of late in the dirt, but Stan’s rims. Curious about that.

]]> By: AGuy http://twentynineinches.com/2009/07/27/what-your-future-29er-will-look-like/#comment-60144 AGuy Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:56:47 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=3017#comment-60144 Thanks the prompt and clear reply. Now, envisage a i9 wheelset built with Edge's AM rims. Can anything be stiffer or lighter? My calculation shows 1720g. That's a very light XC racing set...Make it tubeless and every climb feels a plateau (OK, now I'm pushing it...) Thanks the prompt and clear reply.

Now, envisage a i9 wheelset built with Edge’s AM rims.
Can anything be stiffer or lighter? My calculation shows 1720g. That’s a very light XC racing set…Make it tubeless and every climb feels a plateau (OK, now I’m pushing it…)

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