DirtRag’s Rimstrips Review
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Dirt Rag Magazine (a great mountain bike magazine btw) did an article a while back reviewing the different options in rimstrips. Plastic rimstrips are pretty essential to some tubeless setups, so it was a great read that shows what options are available.
Mavic plans its own Road Tubeless wheelset
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After posting about the Shimano/Hutchinson wheelset, I came across Mavic’s work on a new road tubeless wheelset. I’ve heard that some riders rode these on this year’s Tour de France.
Bicycling.com’s article on the Mavic tubeless wheelset.
Tubeless comes Standard on Mongoose Canaan Team
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It’s about time we start seeing more tubeless options on bikes sold by the major bike manufacturers. Well Pacific Cycle has outfitted their high-end Mongoose Canaan Team with weight-weenie Stan’s NoTubes ZTR Olympic Disc rims on Ringle Dirt Flea hubs. Hotness.
Read more here: Mongoose Canaan Elite/Team review at Bicycling.com
Stans announces Road Tubeless Conversion Kit at Interbike
At Interbike 2007, Stan’s introduces a tubeless conversion kit for clincher wheelsets. Basically it is the same setup as with his mountain bike tubeless conversion kit. Run a tubeless valve stem, 60 ml of Stan’s sealant, and Hutchinson’s new Fusion 2 Road Tubeless clincher on a solid rim wall wheel like the Mavic Kysrium or Fulcrum wheelsets. Some wheelset will require Stan’s sealing tape. Stan says the key is the new non-stretching carbon fiber bead in the Fusion 2 tire. He cites better air retention and near-instant sealing repair as the main benefits. Reported by Cyclingnews.com
Keith Bontrager testifies for riding Tubeless
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I just found this surfing around and thought it was pretty amazing. Keith Bontrager, one of the most significant people to the mountain biking sport and industry, recently rode in the multi-stage endurance mtb race, TransScotland 2007. He gives his straight up look at everything related to the race, the food, and of course his equipment. You really need to read what he says about why he rides tubeless. It makes a lot of sense.
KB’s testimony on cyclingnews.com
Road Tubeless: A look at Shimano Dura-Ace / Hutchinson combo
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Outside magazine has an online feature about the new Shimano Dura-Ace wheelset that can run Hutchinson’s new tubeless tire, the Fusion 2 Road Tubeless.
It sounds really good:
As expected, things were noticeably smoother. Cornering was also more stable than I’m used to, since the lower pressure leaves more tire in contact with the road. I would love to have had a power meter to see if the rolling resistance was really comparable to my normal setup. But in purely subjective terms, I didn’t feel like I was working any harder. The wheels wind up quickly, hold their speed, and are race-day stiff, while the tires offer noticeable handling improvements.
At a claimed weight of 1,560 grams per pair, the 7801’s are about 100 grams heavier than comparable standard wheels. But you more than make up for that by leaving the pump and spare tubes at home. The tires weigh about the same as a standard tire and tube combined, so weight there isn’t a concern. The Fast Air cans are a necessity, though. Without them, the tires lose air in a matter of hours. But with them, you won’t even have to think about your tires.
Read the rest of the article.
