That stuff looks like the Fratelli stuff and I agree with the above comments, Stans is more durable, the F-tape doesn't appear as robust.
They come in different widths. I think I use 17mm wide one for my wide carbon rims.
Your mileage may vary?
How far from the border are you? SW Ontario sounds awful close to me.Anybody have any idea where to get the Kapton tape in Canada?
Amazon US will not ship it up north.
Amazon Can want almost 80 bucks for a roll shipped.
This is for the 1" x36 yds. - and yup, I double checked - single roll.
A friend at huckingkitty.com mentioned it, he found out at some other bike forum. It works really well.
Kapton was designed for temperature extremes. It strikes me that what we'd be looking for for tubeless would be conformability and good adhesion, and more power to it if it can be removed without using a sandblaster.
That's why it is great. It has significantly better adhesion than ie. roval tape, it is also slightly elastic so you can comfortably use it on rims with a concave center channel, it is much easier to apply and far far far better to remove than Gorilla. And, it is dirt cheap.
Get a U.S. monkey to buy it, repackage and send it to you as a gift
Roger that. I'm not too far from Port Huron or Detroit, and actually have to be in Detroit somewhat occasionally for work.
Didn't even consider Spank rims, for exactly this reason.My biggest beef with them is their name. What a stupid name. I'd take the damn stickers off, but they are applied under the clear coat so you can't. You're stuck with them.
I had a spike 35 on the back of my Jedi for a season, and imo, it was the toughest rim for the weight of any dh rim I've tried (WTB, Alex, DT, Mavic, Sun).
I tried that. It didn't last particularly long. I guess it works on tires caus' the pros use them for what, maybe 2-3 runs? 4-5 tops? It gets old fast if you have to keep coloring your rims every 8-10 rides...It worked for Maxxis tires, so it should also work for Spank rims:
jedi's are pretty well known for being easy on rims with all their rearward axle paths' and shimz and such. rootbeer, try it now, moar shimz.
Sharpie marker and most paint markers are a joke. They look ok for a short while, but after that they come off. A sharpie permanent marker is an absolute joke - coverage is pretty bad - even sharpie paint marker takes several coats and it's doesn't hold for more than a week or so. To cover etched/lasered graphics, you have to use real paint. Spray paint has been good... but much faster to just buy rims w/ removable stickers.
stiHacka got me to use kapton tape, and it sealed both of my wheels pretty solid first try. Slow leak in the rear, but more stan's seems to have helped. First try with tubeless and a floor pump. Solid stuff, cost me $12.
That's exactly what I'm saying - every other dh rim I've had ended up dented at the end of a season, but not the Spikes. And I ran other rims on the Jedi that weren't as round when I retired them.
Figured I would post an update for those interested. One of my Flow's has met it's demise. We also DID begin to have spoke tension issues on both mine and my wife's wheelsets (again we were running the flow's as our primary wheels).
Thanks, I pussed out last season and feared it all fall knowing if have to hit it again this year.
I'm not entirely sure, how can I get this info for you?
I think the new nomenclature is ZTR Flow Mk3. and the new rim is wiiiiide at i29. I'm curious if the new rims are as tough as the old rims...
Have just had a set of the mark 3 flows built up on some hopes and comp spokes. They feel stiffer that the stock wheels on my reign that they replaced and as stiff if not stiffer than my mates 26 ex flows built up the same.
