WhyFi

I kept my small OS dosing bottle for a few years, too - it's perfectly adequate for getting the sealant in to the tire. Where the injector comes in is removing the sealant, either to check the amount of sealant needed to top off or to get rid of sealant that is old and separated; not having to break the bead for these operations is awesome.

sean.hwy

The wheels I ordered on Nov 13 just arrived today. On my cheap scale the two wheels come out to 1.50 kg.

phrantic09

phrantic09

Did you do no decal?

bruce19

Wrong.

InvertedMP 

😂😂 WHAT?!

Absolutely go tubeless. Haven’t been stranded yet. No issues in a year of riding tubeless, it’s absolutely worth it.

robbyville

Congrats! Looking forward to hearing how you like them. Is this your first time with tubeless?

Lol for some ungodly reason I keep coming back to the GP5000 TL’s despite them being the most difficult tire I’ve had to put on. But they do seem to last longer than most and they rode beautifully. Two weeks ago I was riding with my group and a bolt (of all things) came whipping through us, dinged one guys brand new bike’s downtube and sliced the heck out of my front tire. Sealant wasn’t going to help this puppy (plus I hadn’t topped up in a very long time so it was mostly dry!), pulled over popped a boot and a tube. No muss but reminded me of the fun with the GP’s. Of course I went back to my LBS for another. He was actually out and gave me a great deal on an older Specialized Roubaix. Easy to put on and seated with my cannister pump no problem. I’ll keep it as a spare but have ordered some more of the GP’s

my point, long winded as it is, is that I hope you enjoy the ride. This most recent flat brings my total to 3 in over 5 years, the norm in our group is usually a flat or two on every other ride. With most averaging at least 5 flats a year if not more. Coupled with a nicer ride quality well...

Looking forward to hearing how you like them!

eduskator

Two mistakes here : 1) Don't go tubeless and 2) Buy GP5Ks

Eric F 

Go tubeless AND buy GP5ks!

sean.hwy

yeah, for some reason I did not want a decal. In hindsight I guess it would have spruced up the rather plane looking wheel now. ha-ha

sean.hwy

I had ordered all the tubeless goo back in Nov when I placed my order for the wheels. I went riding with a friend on bmx bike with tubeless. He of course got a flat spilled out a bunch of green goo. Since he had a bmx bike my spare tire 700 and pump was useless for him. His day was done. That kind of turned me off on tubeless.

I ordered some gp5000s 25 with tubes. lol

I might try going tubeless in the future, right now I just want to ride my bike with something I know that I can fix on the side of the road easy.

Dang this gp5000/25 on these new carbon wheels is b.... to put on.

WhyFi

Any system can fail, but you have to ask "why?" to learn anything meaningful from it.

Green goo means that he was probably running Slime, not something you'd ever use with road tubeless. How did he flat? Was it a burp because he was running ghetto tubeless? Was it a puncture? If so, how big?

Honestly, this episode bears very little relation to road tubeless and shouldn't be held as an example of efficacy.

Eric F 

I'm pretty new to tubeless. Last weekend, I had my first flat when hit something in the road that slashed the sidewall of my tire enough that the sealant wouldn't plug the hole. I booted the gash with a $1 bill, installed a tube, hit it with CO2, and got rolling again. Other than being a little more messy, the fix wasn't very different than if it had happened with a regular tubed tire. When I pulled it apart after finishing a second ride on it the next day, I found that the sealant did a nice job holding the boot in place.

sean.hwy

It was back in late nov. I don't remember all the details. Just that I could not help him with what I had. It made a mess. My friend had to call someone to pick him up. The rest of us rode on.

I will probably try tubeless in the future. The wheel is setup for it and does not require any tape. I bought the kit and slime for it. Just have to purchase tubeless tires.

noodle soup

So you are turned off with tubeless, because your friend was unprepared? That's some faulty logic.

noodle soup

Slime is not what you want to use. Orange Seal works far better.

robbyville

When you ride through this first round of tires, post again and most of us will be around to help get your tubeless set up, until then enjoy your new wheels!

smashndash

With regard to the tape question, I've found that the the Light bicycle bead retention ridge is ridiculously tight. I had to heat my tires to remove them. However, putting on full width tape (rather than tape that only covers the holes) smoothed out the transition from bead shelf to bead ridge. Tape can also take up some space in the rim to make inflation and air retention better. If pushing on the sidewall of the inflated TL tire causes air to rush out, you're probably playing with fire. You want the seal of the tire to be made with the bead shelf not the rim walls.

i would recommend getting tape that is 4-5mm wider than your internal width if you feel the need to do so.

sean.hwy

I ordered my wheel without holes so I don't need any tape. Thanks though.

I am not sure what kind of ship builder in a bottle I will have to hire to ever replace a spoke though. Looks replacing a spoke is going to be a major PITA.

noodle soup

if the spoke breaks at the hub, it’s a minor hassle. If the nipple breaks, take it to an experienced wheel builder.

sean.hwy

I have two bikes. Gravel bike Topstone and road bike Systemsix. I really wanted a 2nd set of rims for the gravel bike with road tires. So I when I go out of town I can have a gravel or road bike. Instead of just buying
ok rims for the gravel bike I decide to spend a little more and upgrade my carbon road bike to carbon wheels and kick down the alloy wheels from my road to my gravel bike.

I went for a ride today. TBH I can't tell a difference. I can tell a huge difference between my gravel tires and my road tires but I can't really feel much difference from my alloy road wheels with 28 tires on them and my new carbon wheels with 25 tires on them.


BUT I was a FASTER today. I started riding back in march. My goal was to avg 20mph for an hour. I have been averaging 18/19 mph for an hour for a while.

Today I did hit my goal probably because of the wheels.

robbyville

First, congrats on the new record! Who knows if it was a result of the new wheels vs. your pleasure and excitement of having a new product that filled you with adrenaline but either way a great accomplishment!

Your bike looks fantastic, great purchase. Have fun and ride safe! When you do go tubeless we’ll be here to help and that you will definitely feel a difference lol

sean.hwy

Thanks.

I purchased orange goo and the install kit. I still need to buy tubeless tires and I guess maybe a charge canister style air pump to install them at home.

sean.hwy

for people that like weights
(tubes, tires, brakes, cassette)

There was not that much difference in weight in the front wheels. The rear wheel I think the bigger difference in weight was from the bigger cassette.

FRONT:
1268 aluminum ( oem wheel for systemsix )
1218 carbon
1656 gravel


REAR:
1780 aluminum ( 11-34 ) ( oem wheel for systemsix )
1606 carbon ( 11-30 )
2322 gravel ( 11-34 and really dirty with lots of mud)

robbyville

Yeah but they look cool so that helps!

I have a charging canister style pump at home, works great with my Tubeless tires. The GP5000’s I really haven’t needed it for (but I did need soap and water). The Schwalbe’s which I loved as well definitely needed the charge style pump. They are very easy to put on.

one of these days I’ll probably just get an actual compressor I think they’re pretty cheap