ghetto tubeless
andre...@aol.com
say it on you tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRM7gq1fcoQ
I am going to do this to my mtb since I get quite a few flats and the
comments on mtbr is that this is unbeatable.
You don't need special tires or rims. All you need is a 20 inch bmx
tube and sealant. You use the smaller tube to wrap around the inside
of the rim and create a seamless seal. Check out the video.
I am thinking of doing this with my road bike. I'd need a 24 inch tube
and sealant. Has anyone tried this? Comments, opinions.
Andres
Amit Ghosh
> I think that there was an article about this in bicycling. However I
> say it on you tube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRM7gq1fcoQ
>
> I am going to do this to my mtb since I get quite a few flats and the
> comments on mtbr is that this is unbeatable.
> You don't need special tires or rims. All you need is a 20 inch bmx
> tube and sealant. You use the smaller tube to wrap around the inside
> of the rim and create a seamless seal. Check out the video.
dumbass,
if you have enough sealant left over you can make a "ghetto" altitude
training chamber too.
landotter
Wouldn't be worth it on a road bike. Just remember to inflate your
tires to avoid pinches. Might be fun if running low pressures with
cross tires, though.
Joe King
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Ghetto Retard:
That's the most retarded thing I've ever seen. Why would anyone want to use
a tubeless tire with a tube in it? Why not just use solid rubber tires?
You'd never flat and it would be tubeless too. Yeah, go do that ghetto
tubeless deal to your road bike.
Joe
almos...@yahoo.com
I tried it with cyclocross tires and the tire unseated and lost
pressure. Lucky I didn't crash.
I wouldn't recommend it - too risky.
Ockham Razor
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andre...@aol.com
> <andresm...@aol.com> wrote in message
Hey Genious. Take a chill pill Eze! If you had watched the video you
would realize the purpose of the tube. You don't use it all. You use
part of it as rim strip with an air valve to cover the spoke holes.
You also do not use a tubeless tire. You use a regular tire in a
regular rim without a tube. The smaller inner tube is used, again, as
a way to cover the spoke holes and to pump air into the tire through
the valve. It is a lot cheaper than buying Stan's rim strips and
reportedly seals air a lot better than the usual conversion kits.
If you don't understand what I am talking about, just watch the video.
andre...@aol.com
wrote:
supposedly doing the ghetto thing with the bmx tube creates a real
good seal and prevents the tire from unseating a lot better than other
systems. The tube that you cut along the seam opposite to the valve
wraps around the walls of the rim. You seat the tire beads next to the
tube and it forms a real tight seal.
Davey Crockett
| Hey Genious. Take a chill pill Eze! If you had watched the video you
| would realize the purpose of the tube. You don't use it all. You use
| part of it as rim strip with an air valve to cover the spoke holes.
| You also do not use a tubeless tire. You use a regular tire in a
| regular rim without a tube. The smaller inner tube is used, again, as
| a way to cover the spoke holes and to pump air into the tire through
| the valve. It is a lot cheaper than buying Stan's rim strips and
| reportedly seals air a lot better than the usual conversion kits.
|
| If you don't understand what I am talking about, just watch the video.
This scheme, or reasonably close approximations of it, have popped up
periodically over the last 50 or so years that I can remember.
They never were much use in the past and it's doubtful that this
reincarnation will be any better
--
Davey Crockett
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You only have one Heritage
Protect it !!!
Bill Sornson
andre...@aol.com
You are right. My apologies.
Fred Fredburger
Are you Jonathon Page?
Donald Munro
> I tried it with cyclocross tires and the tire unseated and lost
> pressure. Lucky I didn't crash.
You should tell Page to try it.
Ockham Razor
Why do you give a rats ass about the opinions of any loser in here? If you
think it's so great, just go use it an shut-up already.
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almos...@yahoo.com
Key word: Supposedly.
In my case the tube's presence wrapping around the walls of the rim
might have contributed to the unseating - by potentially obscuring the
rim hook or changing the dimensions enough the tire might not have
been hooked properly, I don't know; might work (most of the time?) on
the right tire / rim combo.
Friends of mine tried it and had similar poor results.
Give it a try if you like - it doesn't cost much (if you don't crash),
and the wheel can be returned to normal easily enough after the
experiment.
Mexican Low Rider Mafia
Odalay ese, don't go ghetto tubeless. Es un desperdicio de su tiempo.
El Jefe
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