how to do home made tubeless for 24 wheels, a question.
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i have actually heard of people using 20" tubes on 26" wheels so you should be good trying it on a 24" wheel. use a regular tube not the thorn resistant one and you should be good
You do use a 20" tube for 26" ghetto tubeless. With a 24" wheel, I'd say maybe try a 16" tube
how well does it work? can oyu use normal tires?
i have used 18" and 20" tubes to ghetto 24" tires. I have even ghetto tublessed a 24" doublewide rim. It lasted forever until the tire wore out.
can anyone answer my question?
yeah, i used a 16" for my 24s....Curb Hucker said:
here is my dumb question...what is the big advantage of going tubeless?
you can use 16" tubes for rimstrips on 26" wheels so i suppose if you should have a problem with the rimstrip not being tight enough with a 20", you can use 16".
You should use a 20" OR SMALLER tube to make a ghetto tubeless setup for a 24" rim. 20" tubes are used to make ghetto tubeless setups for 26" rims, so something smaller (as mentioned in previous responses, ex. 16") would work on 24" rims.
How did you like the tubeless set up on the 24" doublewide. I'm thinking about making a tubeless set up for a doublewide with a 2.5 Kenda. Did you have any specific problems with set up?Jimmy_Pop said:
it worked fine. it was a spare wheel we had and needed to use it for a while. i used a non ust specialized tire. i did not have any more trouble than normal getting it to take air for the first time.stgil888 said:
joel
what's the advantage of going ghetto tubeless? there is still atube there, so no loss in weight... what if you get a thorn in the tire?
you dont have a tube, you basically have a rim strip. Thorns wont do anything since the sealant plugs the hole.Sven tha Viking said:
more like you can run the same pressure but with better traction, ie. equivalent to running lower pressure. Plus they dont flat unless you tear the tire a new one.the Inbred said:
or you can run more pressure with the same traction, i sometimes do that on big tire/small rim combos, to prevent tire roll (a problem that occurs more when running tubed tires tubeless.)
This is my obligitory"I invented the ghetto tubeless system" post. 
SCARY said:This is my obligitory"I invented the ghetto tubeless system" post.
yea right, ive got pictures and a print article from sept 02, whatcha got.
:nuts:
heard people were doing it in the 90s (maybe earlier). Just wasent in vogue back then.vitox said:
I remember somebody posting that their dad invented it when he poured sweetened condensed milk into a tube that had blown out and then finessed the tire onto the rim... apparently this occured in the 70's.
Just the disbelief in the eyes of the mechanicsvitox said:
of the LBS I did it at.It was April or May of 02'.It was all posted on the now defuct "DHrace".I think Stik or anybody who was there then could back me up.But I really don't care,I don't even use tubeless anymore.I have a compulsion to say it though...........man my nuts are sore.
i'm pretty sure i invented watching porn on the internet...