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Stans NoTubes Tubeless Bicycle Tire System | 
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| Brand: Stans NoTubes
Category: Sports
Buy New: $59.45 - $83.93
as of 9/7/2010 08:56:17 EDT details
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ASIN: B001VCBH44
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| Features:
| • | Converts your existing wheelset to tubeless | | • | Self sealing | | • | Allows you to run lower air pressure without worry | | • | This System requires very little mechanical abilit | | • | Lower Air Pressure, Better Traction and Ride |
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Product Description
Stan's tubeless system will convert your existing wheel set to tubeless allowing you to use either standard or tubeless tires. Saving hundreds of dollars and weight over purchasing other Tubeless Systems.
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| Customer Reviews:
Works Perfect May 16, 2010
Hale-Bopp (Richmond, VA)
I just had to write this review to say that if it's not working, you are doing something wrong. Definitely works. I was converting NON UST rims and NON UST tires and had zero issues. Just watch the video 2-3 times before starting.
 Stans works. Watch the Stans videos May 1, 2010
Philip J. Seaman
After putting up with flats and the extra weight, I took the plunge and bought Stan's conversion kit along with two new tubeless mountain bike tires. I also watched Stans videos as well as several others on youtube a couple of times each. I considered buying tubeless rims, but given the price and that I'm a weekend warrior at best, it seemed a little much. Instead I learned to subtleties of tubed to tubeless conversion and got a little dirty.
The rim strip, that looks like an inner tube except it's just a flat strip, would not allow me to put on the tubeless tires. With the rim strip I was able to use my old tubed tires, but the weaker sidewall compared to the tubeless ones [which have fairly uniform thickness through the tire] had me nervous. To get a seal soap suds are needed as shown in the video, to seal between the tire and the wheel as well as make visible leaks, as well as a high air volume floor pump or compressed air [the one at the gas station worked for me]. Once you've gotten to the "Stans goop in the tire" point it needs to be sloshed back and forth as shown in the video and allowed to sit flat for several minutes on both sides to seal the side walls since once the wheel is vertical there's not goop up against the sidewalls. Any tear in the sidewall will render a tubed tire unusable for conversion for tubeless.
To get the tubeless tires on my rims I found that by not using the rim strip and removing the thin tape covering spoke nipples, cleaning the inner surface as shown on a Stans video, the rim tape allowed me to seal the holes and a stans valve stem sealed the stem hole. With this slightly smaller amount of material in the wheel groove I was FINALLY able to get the tubeless tire on my none-tubeless wheel and seal it with air.
In short for tubeless tires on tubed rims use ONLY rim tape.
For tubed tires use the rim strip.
Watch the videos.
My now tubeless wheels are much lighter that they used to be.
Good Luck and Good Riding.
going Tubless September 5, 2010
Kevin Francis OBrien (WILLIAMSBURG, MA, US)
Follow directions.It's very important to seal the bead by putting the wheel and tire in the horizontal plane.
 Nice concept. March 26, 2010
J. Broadbent (SLC, Utah, USA)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This system is great in concept but horrible in actual application. The instructions state that even difficult tires should seal within 30 minutes. After having spent more than 4 hours messing around with my tires trying to get them to seal I have gone through two bottles of sealant, only my rear wheel is holding air and any potential weight loss from not running tubes has been more than made up by the two bottles of sealant flowing around inside my tires. I have wasted far more time and money on this idea than it could ever be worth. I made sure my wheels and tires were both "Stan's approved" and everything before starting. Don't buy this product, use the money on extra tubes and just change them out when you get a flat on the trail and you will be miles ahead in time, effort and money spent.
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