ultegra 6800 wheels
08-18-16, 07:50 AM
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Ok but weren't these replaced years ago by the pro4s then the v2 pro4s and now the Power line? I woulda thought that clearance sales on the 3s happened back in 2014 or so?
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yeah probably got a big stock of them from 2014,still there at a good price and well worth the money .just as long as u remember to stretch them before u try to fit them on your lovely new wheels.
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08-18-16, 10:25 PM
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If you go tubeless, you only need these at home, as you never have to get the tyre off the wheel on a ride [hopefully ;-)].
08-19-16, 02:39 AM
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BBB EasyTire BTL-78
Links dont work for that web site. Posting a link anyway.
https://www.bike24.de/p150405.html?_...667.1469464594
08-19-16, 05:42 AM
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wow some difference in price thanks Deepak .
btw what tubeless would u recommend, sorry for all the questions.
anto.
btw what tubeless would u recommend, sorry for all the questions.
anto.
08-19-16, 08:21 AM
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I'm new to tubeless and have only about 1200 kms on them, with one flat which sealed well. I'm using Schwalbe Pro Ones, but have heard that they don't last long, so, based on suggestions from members here, planning to give the Hutchinson Re-Fuse a shot.
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I just got this wheel set myself, and I'd read tons of stuff on the internet telling me I'd be stranded if I ever flatted because it is absolutely impossible to ever actually mount a tire on a 6800 rim. Here's an explanation of the easiest way to do it:
Put folding 4000s on Ultegra 6800, it was tight but doable. I got the one side fo the tyre on fine, put the tube in (with a bit of air in it), then when putting on the final side it got tricky. I can do this on 9000 C24's by hand easy but the 6800's are tougher. The thing that helped for me was ensuring that the tyre bead from both sides of the tyre was in the middle of the rim, not sat in the raised sealed bead bed at the edge, so it dropped into the bigger void and allowed more room on the opposite 180 deg side of the rim. This is easier to say when do, but if I pinched the tyre together so both beads were touching with the tube in the middle, then pushed them into the middle of the rim, so that they effcetively touched where the end of the spokes would be (if it wasnt tubeless) so fartest away from the braking edge, then this allowed me to pull more slack on the opposite side fo the wheel. I just did this at the bottom of the wheel, then placed that on the ground to hold it in place, then worked by hands round the wheel, one one way and the other the opposite way at the same time, repeating till I came to where I could no longer get the tyre over, this then gave me slack to pull the tyre over further and then I repeated, doing this finally gives enough slack to get the whole thing on by hand. Not the easiest and trickeier than normal wheels, but once you get the knack, is easily repeatable.
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i run the same exact wheels and have run both tubeless and tires and tubes on them, and i run them now with S-Works Turbo Tires and Turbo tubes and while they're not quite as easy to get on as standard wheels i've never once had a major issue getting them on. the trick is to get the part of the tire that is mounted on the wheel into the center of the wheel (where the rim diameter is the smallest) and pull up till you get the entire tire and tube on, cause it's the deepest part of the wheel with the smallest inside diameter and will give you a bit more room. if you're going to just let the tire bead sit on the largest diameter of the inside of the wheel, it's obviously going to be tougher to get on...
it's like the old school days when people used to use thick ass Velox rim tape, and it was tougher to get tires and tubes on the same exact wheels using the thicker Velox tape cause the inside diameter of the wheel got larger because of the thicker tape, so if you used thinner tape your tires and tubes went on easier...
also, it depends on which tires you're using. i used IRS Lights, went on fine. i tried Continental GP4000s II's and didn't even need a tire lever. the S-Works Turbos needed a little finessing, but nothing a little finessing couldn't get on. if worse comes to worse and i'm in a hurry, i just use a lever to get it on quickly. if you want a challenge, try putting a pair of Hutchinson Atom tires on those wheels, you will need a pry bar and even getting them on with that is questionable...
it's like the old school days when people used to use thick ass Velox rim tape, and it was tougher to get tires and tubes on the same exact wheels using the thicker Velox tape cause the inside diameter of the wheel got larger because of the thicker tape, so if you used thinner tape your tires and tubes went on easier...
also, it depends on which tires you're using. i used IRS Lights, went on fine. i tried Continental GP4000s II's and didn't even need a tire lever. the S-Works Turbos needed a little finessing, but nothing a little finessing couldn't get on. if worse comes to worse and i'm in a hurry, i just use a lever to get it on quickly. if you want a challenge, try putting a pair of Hutchinson Atom tires on those wheels, you will need a pry bar and even getting them on with that is questionable...
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