dsillito
05-04-2018, 03:46 PM
I'm attempting my first set of tubeless wheels, and working up the learning curve.
I'm using finish line sealant, as that was all my LBS had in a smaller volume (not ready to commit to a big bottle yet). I'm using it in a set Schwalbe One 28mm road tires, on American Classic rims, using American classic blue rim tape.
After much faffing around, I managed to get a seal and they were holding air, but unfortunately, my estimates and assumptions on tire clearance were not good, and the tires didn't end up fitting in either of the frames I wanted to run them on. They measured 30mm the newly built-up rims. Loathing to take the tires off after the efforts to get them on, and wasting all that sealant, I actually considered whether an inappropriate tire purchase could justify buying a new frameset. In the end, I decided to take the tires off.
Firstly, what a mess. I'd estimate the pain of dealing with that equates to dealing with at least 5 roadside tube changes. Since I don't puncture all that much, I'm starting to wonder whether this experiment in tubeless makes any sense at all for me. I wanted to see what all the fuss was about, I suppose. Always good to increase my skill set.
Secondly, and this is the reason for the post, the sealant, which was off-white with little black bits in it, like melted 'cookies and cream' ice cream put through a blender, was now a shockingly vibrant blue colour, which must have been from the rim tape. Has anyone else seen this? If it is just the dye bleeding out of the tape, I guess that is no big deal, but if there is a solvent in the sealant that is dissolving the tape, that is another matter. Thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
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I'm using finish line sealant, as that was all my LBS had in a smaller volume (not ready to commit to a big bottle yet). I'm using it in a set Schwalbe One 28mm road tires, on American Classic rims, using American classic blue rim tape.
After much faffing around, I managed to get a seal and they were holding air, but unfortunately, my estimates and assumptions on tire clearance were not good, and the tires didn't end up fitting in either of the frames I wanted to run them on. They measured 30mm the newly built-up rims. Loathing to take the tires off after the efforts to get them on, and wasting all that sealant, I actually considered whether an inappropriate tire purchase could justify buying a new frameset. In the end, I decided to take the tires off.
Firstly, what a mess. I'd estimate the pain of dealing with that equates to dealing with at least 5 roadside tube changes. Since I don't puncture all that much, I'm starting to wonder whether this experiment in tubeless makes any sense at all for me. I wanted to see what all the fuss was about, I suppose. Always good to increase my skill set.
Secondly, and this is the reason for the post, the sealant, which was off-white with little black bits in it, like melted 'cookies and cream' ice cream put through a blender, was now a shockingly vibrant blue colour, which must have been from the rim tape. Has anyone else seen this? If it is just the dye bleeding out of the tape, I guess that is no big deal, but if there is a solvent in the sealant that is dissolving the tape, that is another matter. Thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
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