This is why we keep designing and redesigning. Great letter from an athlete who appreciates our design sent in to Lennard Zinn on Velonews. "Dear Lennard, In response to the writers having trouble mounting tubeless tires, I also had extreme trouble mounting tubeless tires on Dura-Ace tubeless rims, and once mounted I had trouble pumping them up due to air leakage. Then I switched to Stan’s Alpha 340 road rims. I can now mount the same tires easily by hand without soap suds as Stan says in his video, and with a few strokes of my floor pump the beads seal easily. I think it is because his rims have a deeper channel in the center of the rim and a flatter table where the beads can seal even before they pop into place. Just as a side note, I flatted, hissed, and sealed in seconds at Ironman Louisville (tacks) last year and 70.3 St. Croix (rocks and gravel from rain) this year and finished third and first in my age group, respectively. I’ll never go back to tubes. The only reason I use tubeless is because way back when … you said you used them. Thanks! Because of your advice I got a slot to Kona. — Andrew" velonewspetitor/2013/07/bikes-and-tech/technical-faq/technical-faq-cassette-options-crank-sizes-and-more_294391
Posted on: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:45:33 +0000
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