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I'm sure you know this already but it is worth getting some Australian money (5,10,20$ bill) and keeping it in your kit. It's plastic, very thin and very strong, perfect for making a sleeve to cover the tube in case of a slashed tyre.
GrantT I have some great specialized turbo elites you can have. They ahve a special added feature whereby they explode your inner tube every 1 km of so. I'll let you have them for nowtWicked. Get some Vittoria Open Corsa CX tyres for them and you will be flying.
I chose the locations carefully before decided to have a puncture
OwenJames - Yes, 100% will be on the bike by next weekend.
Cheers for the info. I had heard about cardboard being used but never Aussie dollars. Will have to get hold of a $5 bill.
Just get these. They work well, sticky on one side so 'hold' the torn part well and stay in place when you put it there.
http://www.parktool.com/product/emergency-tire-boot-tb-2
It may or may not be for you, but if your going get the Ultegra wheels, great wheels BTW, then I would suggest going tubeless and getting some IRC RBCC or IRC X-Guards. Tobias and I both use IRC tubeless and love them!! See HERE. Either option is 6350yen at Nalsima Friend.
While tubeless might be great, it's hard to join the club. I spent like 5hrs since yesterday and still didn't get one tire to seal. Floor pump? Forget it! I have been to the nearest gas station like six times already. Had to scrap my cx adventure.
I'm trying to use serfas drifter tires on alpha 340 wheels. The new Hutchinson Secteur 28C look tempting too, but are 1man a tire.
I like how OwenJames hasn't even alighted from his bike.Probably not many better spots to have your third puncture of the day, eh leicaman ?
With the exception of trying once on a dirty rim while outside in the dead of winter, I've always been able to get my tubeless tires to inflate and seat with a floor pump, almost always on the first try. Technique is key... or, maybe I've just been lucky.
I should clarify that my first time trying to install tubeless tires was very much like Gunnar describes, extremely frustrating!! However, once I learned proper technique it's been a peace of piss as they say.
I'm begging you, enlighten me. Preinflated with a tube, soapy water, put my hands on where the air leaks, I'm close to giving up or buying a compressor. But even at the gas station it took 30mins, the one and only time the tire sat.
Thanks a lot for sharing the knowledge.
There's a lot of things different from the Stan's manual. For example putting the tire in the inner channel first. I'm excited to try this out.
But, like you said other products seem to be superior to Stan's, for which you always have to remove the valve core to put sealant in.