David: This method of building up the *center* of the rim to push the beads against the rim walls seems like an excellent way to avoid that dreaded bead separation with air loss; my great fear with "non-tubeless tubeless setups" has been deflating 20 miles from home, breaking the OS barrier and finding that my minipump won't push the beads back into place. Thanks for sharing.
On Mon, Aug 7, 2023 at 7:37 PM David Baldi <davidvictorba...@gmail.com> wrote: > ... in the absence of a good shoulder you can build up the center of the > well with Gorilla tape. I prefer starting with two layers of tubeless tape > to get the seal, and then gradually building up the center with a narrower > strip of Gorilla tape until, with the tire mounted, the bead is super tight > even in the well. Which also means it sucks getting it over the rim in the > first place, and that you'll probably need to do it a few times until you > nail it. By using a thinner width for the gorilla tape, you create, if not > a shoulder, at least something of a lip to keep the beat from going back to > center in the case of a flat. Though IME the orange seal connection the > forms at the bead has always been enough to keep it in place. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgvuWKWxp87JHRpmKQ30Ctcr_nquz5QxsaVgxXxvqbscAw%40mail.gmail.com.
