Twenty-Nineteen
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Road Tubeless Review
After a full summer of riding Stan's road tubeless system I'm pretty impressed. Rough and chipsealed roads feel almost as smooth as fresh blacktop and the tires are very grippy while cornering. I used to be a 6-7 flats a year type of guy and had to run 120lbs to avoid pinch flats but with this setup flats of any kind have been non-existent. Railroad tracks, huge potholes, no worries. I originally has these setup on a normal rim with spoke holes and I had some trouble sealing the spoke holes with the yellow tape but since I switched over to Ksyriums mid summer the setup had been bullet proof. They lose almost no air between rides. I would recommend this setup for anybody but if you have Ksyriums or a similar sealed rim it can't be beat.
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I've been meaning to try road tubeless. I have Ksyrium ES wheels and my wife has SL's. However, I've never used Hutchinson road tires before so was kinda waiting for Michelin or somebody else to release a tubeless tire.
I take it that you have nothing but good things to say about the Hutchinson road tubeless tire?
They've been excellent. My neighbor also has been running them all year w/o problems including LOTOJA and his are on normal rims. I've gotten so confident in the system I find myself not caring if I forget to bring my flat kit when I ride. I've heard mixed things about the normal Fusion 2 tires but the tubeless version is excellent IMO.
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