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weescott said:
Since you mean converting non UST or tubeless ready tyres to tubeless. This is how I did it using Stans sealant:

  1. With the normal tyre unmounted paint the inside of the tyre with sealant (1 scoop).
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  1. Why the heck would you do that apart from to cover your tube in sealant? :D

    Apart from that I follow pretty much that exact procedure with my Stans rims. Except I don't add the sealant until I've got both beads of the tyre seated, then use an injector through the velve (removeable core).
 
Supercow said:
You Rock, thanks bruv!
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No probs :)

6thElement said:
Why the heck would you do that apart from to cover your tube in sealant?
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I'm sure it will work without a tube on a lot of tyres but it saves a heck of a lot of faffing around. I did this with my new UST tyres to get the folds out. The Supersonics [non UST] have such thin sidewalls it was next to impossible to get them to mount without using the inner tube method. :)

Edit: Or do you mean painting the inside of the tyre with sealant? I guessed it would make mounting the tyre proper easier this way and less likely to leak air to start with.
 
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No I agree with mounting using a tube, then pulling the tube out one side. Just don't understand why you're painting the inside of the tyre with sealant first.
 
Diablo opened May 1st, after this weekend I think I'll have been often enough to break even on my season pass against paying per visit. Meaning the next 4 months are "free" :D

The race course is actually one of the shorter rock sections, there are some much longer ones, I love the big chunky rock trails.

edit: Great video, better than some of the others floating around.
 
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janesssssy said:
lets have a compertition... who has the most orderes with CRC? I have 49.:eek: totaling 4.5k
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between CRC and wiggle, i have ~25 orders totaling £883.74
i cant beat you with overall total, but i rekon that for the period that the orders were made (2 years), my total is about 30-35% of my income :p

on the topic of tubelessness: is it possible(/easy) to convert a normal rim to a tubeless rim?
 
Cost I'd say weescott, to go ghetto tubeless yes it's fairly cheap but I bet a large % of bike owners wouldn't know how to do it, I for one wouldn't be able to do it. Too cack handed and would end up making a mess, getting annoyed and sacking it off :)

For a proper tubeless setup, UST or tubeless rims = decent amount of £ then UST tyres, well not necessary I guess more £ sealant more £ on top, then it's getting the wheels built - £ etc.

That's my take on it anyhow.
 
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