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.
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
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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
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.
Bontrager Dry-X 29er tubeless tires reviewed
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Guitar Ted gets some sample Bontrager Dry-X 29ers and gives an initial review:
These are the Tubeless Ready Bontrager Dry X tires. The weight on my samples is 620 grams each, which is super light for a 2.1″ 29″er tire.
Here’s his first impressons of the new tire:
it’s a tight fit! … These tires and wheels are fast!
These are some very light new tires from Bontrager. Things are definitely getting interesting for 29ers.
2008 XT rims will be UST
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Tubeless comes to the masses with Shimano’s 2008 XT wheelsets. They released specs of their disc XC wheelset which will be tubeless and a new tubeless compatible All Mountain wheelset.
Here are the specs:
WH-M776: 20mm Thru Axle All-Mountain Wheelset
- 10 degree engagement Freehub body
- Center Lock disc brake compatible with 20mm oversized through axle
- 7075 T6 alloy oversized axles
- Wider rim (23mm) for better wide tread profiles
- Standard size Center Lock interface
- Angular contact bearings ensure long life and maximum efficiency
- 24 spoke design
- Alloy nipples / 14g spokes
- Tube and tubeless tire compatible
- 2050g
WH-M775 Disc Brake XC Wheel Set
M775 (559×19)Center Lock disc brake compatible with standard Q/R front hub
14/15/14g spokes
7075 T6 alloy oversized axles
Angular contact bearings ensure long life and maximum efficiency
24 spoke design
Alloy nipples
Tube and tubeless tire compatible
1660g
