Carbon Clinchers + Tubeless + CX = ?

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Permalink Reply by Britton Kusiak on August 1, 2012 at 9:07am

Reynolds r2 (attack) 32mm carbon clinchers worked fine tubeless with vittoria xg tubeless tires.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Morgan on August 1, 2012 at 1:57pm

It's all about what tire you use.  I'm going to give the vittoria tubeless a shot. If you use a non-tubeless tire you'll be able to get it working but you'll end up having issues if you push the pressure into really low territory.

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Permalink Reply by David whitlock on August 3, 2012 at 12:03pm

Also consider that you run the risk of cracking the bead seat of a carbon rim if you run too low of pressure and bottom out  on a rock or something - rendering the rim useless.  I've been running some Hutchinson Bulldogs tubeless for a few months now on some Mavic Open Pro CD rims and must admit that tubeless is the way to go (at least for me) and I'll never run a tube again, but only on non-carbon rims.     

 

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Permalink Reply by Eric Baumann on August 3, 2012 at 12:09pm

thats a good point...a very good point. enough reason for me to shelf the idea in fact. thanks for the 2c!

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Permalink Reply by David whitlock on August 3, 2012 at 12:18pm

No problem :)

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