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Any thoughts on Stans no tube system ?what tires?

bullcrew

3 Dude Approved
I'm thinking of doing the stans no tube system on my bikes.
1 rig has intense dh30's w/ king hubs the tires are trailbear front and mythicos xc rear (kevlar bead).
2 rig has deemax 36 spoke w/ maxxis minion slow reezay (wire bead) 26X2.35 tires.
Will stans work with these set ups and is there a better tire to run.
 

Tarpon

Monkey
Jun 23, 2004
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North Bend, WA
I've run Stan's for a little over a year now with good success. So far, Maxxis tres with the wire bead have been easy to setup (on Single Tracks and Mag30s). I tried the new Kendas with the Kevlar bead and had some troubles, apparently I did not use enough pressure to seat the bead. I had heard of Kevlar beads failing when over pressured without a tube, this may be more of a problem for XC tires though (not too sure I want to find out the hard way).

I think your 2nd wheelset would do fine. I don't know anything about the tires you have on the 1st.
 

oly

skin cooker for the hive
Dec 6, 2001
5,118
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Witness relocation housing
I ran stand this year on Azonic Outlaws and Sun Double Tracks using Maxxis DH tires and han zero trouble. Tires inflated easy and were quick to seal.
 

binary visions

The voice of reason
Jun 13, 2002
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1,393
NC
Been running Stans for a while.. Rhyno Lite XLs & Michelin Comp24s. Works absolutely perfectly - no soap needed, no air compressor needed... Just mount 'em up and use a floor pump.
 

punkassean

Turbo Monkey
Feb 3, 2002
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SC, CA
Your Deemax are the same rim as a D321 or EX723 so the wider Stan's kit will work perfectly for those. I have no experience with Sun rims and Stan's but apparently it works well based on the above statements. Michelin tires work well with Stans as well as Maxxis :thumb:
 

Mike B.

Turbo Monkey
Oct 5, 2001
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State College, PA
You will want to get the Downhill tubeless kit for each wheelset. Also, be careful with the kevlar bead IRC tires as the beads tend to stretch a bit unless they are UST versions. To make sure you don't have any trouble with burping air pressure, check the tech sheet info here: http://notubes.com/Tech_1rimstrip.htm

I can't imagine the narrow (2.1) tires have a very good profile on such wide rims anyway but whatever floats your boat.

Enjoy