I raced the whole 'cross season, starting with practice sessions in
August, on a pair of Ksyriums with Vittoria XG tires. I used Stans
sealant, no rim strips of any kind. I ran pretty low pressures and never
had one slide, burp, or pop off. I think it's a matter of getting lucky
with the tire/rim combo you use. I've never used rim strips on any of my
four tubeless setups, and the only one I haven't been able to get to
work was a pair of Mavic 317 rims with Maxxis tires. Couldn't get a good
seal on those but every other combo I've tried has worked. Of course,
these were 'cross and MTB tires, not road.

Your mileage may vary.

Craig

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From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of gschreckchat@comcast.net
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 6:00 PM
To: Erik Voldengen; Brian Engelen
Cc: OBRA List
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Tubulars vs. clinchers

As I recall, it was a Hutchinson tubeless that Zinn used. Supposedly
Shimano designed its rim flanges specifically for the tubeless tire. It
is interesting that No Tubes runs counter to the people who invented the
tubeless road tire.

--

George Schreck
gschreckchat@comcast.net
(503) 502-0425

-------------- Original message --------------
From: "Erik Voldengen"

> notubes says yes, it will work. I asked them in their forums a
couple
> months ago. I have not tried it yet, but I was planning on it.

>
> I also read the Zinn article about them sliding off his
Ksyriums, but
> I'm not sure if he was using the tubeless specific tire.
>
> But one thing I've learned by doing all my notubes research is
even if
> your rim doesn't have spoke holes, you still need to use the
right
> about of rim strip(s) to work properly. Another example of
this is
> Chris B's green Michelin Mud blowout a couple years ago. No
rim
> strips with a ksyrium, and POP.
>
> -Erik
>
>
> 2008/2/28 Brian Engelen :
> >
> >
> >
& gt; >
> > Has anyone tried the Hutchinson tubeless tires with Stan's
No Tubes rim
> > strips and sealant? I've only seen this stuff on the web.
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