I'm finally going to give tubeless a try over the next few months for three reasons - 1) I want to try some enduro races next season, so I think I should get used to dealing with the system I'll have to race with 2) I'd like to see if I could loose a little rotating weight 3) check out the traction increase I keep hearing about (somewhat dubious of this - I'm able to get away with fairly low pressures already using 190 gram tubes). The things that have kept me back in the past have been the PITA of dealing with sealant as I like to change my tires often (I swap between four sets of tires pretty regularly, but I'm going to try and get it down to two), and the fear of blowing a front tire off in a hard corner/off a drop.
So, I have a set of Flows and I plan on running tubeless ready/UST tires to prevent corners from removing my tire for me. But I still have a couple of questions:
- Is burping 100% avoidable with proper setup? Riding style on this bike includes drops up to head high and small jumps. I'm pretty smooth in the rough, but I have a track record of overshooting jumps sometimes (although jumping isn' my thing, so it won't be hitting anything that big normally, maybe 8 foot gaps at most unless I'm on my DH bike).
- Running UST/tubeless tires on Stans: rim strip or just tape? Some searches have shown tape alone is what a lot of guys run, but I can't tell if they're riding XC or enduro/FR. Same question with dual ply tires as well (although I'd like to try the UST/tubeless variety first for weight reasons). To start with I'm planning on using some Conti Baron UST 2.3s.
So, I have a set of Flows and I plan on running tubeless ready/UST tires to prevent corners from removing my tire for me. But I still have a couple of questions:
- Is burping 100% avoidable with proper setup? Riding style on this bike includes drops up to head high and small jumps. I'm pretty smooth in the rough, but I have a track record of overshooting jumps sometimes (although jumping isn' my thing, so it won't be hitting anything that big normally, maybe 8 foot gaps at most unless I'm on my DH bike).
- Running UST/tubeless tires on Stans: rim strip or just tape? Some searches have shown tape alone is what a lot of guys run, but I can't tell if they're riding XC or enduro/FR. Same question with dual ply tires as well (although I'd like to try the UST/tubeless variety first for weight reasons). To start with I'm planning on using some Conti Baron UST 2.3s.