Rim strip - how wide?
11-12-20, 11:31 AM
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Rim strip - how wide?
I'm building up a new set of DT Swiss gravel wheels that have a 24mm inner width. They also have this rather deep channel in the middle of the cross section. Should rim strip cover the entire inner rim width, or just the channel with the spoke holes?
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11-12-20, 01:05 PM
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Buy some tubeless rim tape and run it essentially edge to edge.
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Contrary opinion: get the rim tape that's wide enough to cover the well the spoke holes are in, but no wider.
You want to make sure the spoke holes are covered. But it's a whole lot easier to install tires, and remove them to fix a flat, if you can drop the tire bead down into that center well.
You want to make sure the spoke holes are covered. But it's a whole lot easier to install tires, and remove them to fix a flat, if you can drop the tire bead down into that center well.
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Not an issue if the OP is not running tubeless, of course.
Not sure I am following, here. If you cover the holes, you are putting the tape on the bottom of the well. What is the alternate recommendation?
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I'd think that would hold true as well for initial tire installation on a tubeless setup, but perhaps you wouldn't have to fix most flats that way.
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Assuming the OP is going tubeless.....on many rims, if you you don't run the tape to the edge, you may have a hard time getting the bead to seat with a floor pump and will need to use compressed air. Not a problem at home if you have one, but sucks if you need to re-seat elsewhere. Ask me how I know this
Not an issue if the OP is not running tubeless, of course.
Not sure I am following, here. If you cover the holes, you are putting the tape on the bottom of the well. What is the alternate recommendation?
Not an issue if the OP is not running tubeless, of course.
Not sure I am following, here. If you cover the holes, you are putting the tape on the bottom of the well. What is the alternate recommendation?
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11-13-20, 05:53 PM
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You have tubeless ready rims, cloth tape is going to make mounting tires worse not better.
