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08-07-2008, 07:25 AM
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| tubeless douglas? any body run douglas billets w/out tubes. valve stem would be no prob, just worried the tire may not seat on the bead. the tires are tubeless btw. thanks |
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08-07-2008, 09:20 AM
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| Re: tubeless douglas? i wont sue over bad advise  |
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08-07-2008, 10:49 AM
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| 3rd Gear Member  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ravensdale
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| Re: tubeless douglas? never hurd of them. are they any good? |
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08-07-2008, 11:45 AM
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| Re: tubeless douglas? well the douglas are a billet rim, lots of guys have them. since theres no spokes the rim would not lose air in theory if a rubber valve stem was installed. guess theres only one way to find out. |
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08-07-2008, 12:28 PM
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| Re: tubeless douglas? try it whats the worst that happens you have to put a tube in. give it a shot i dont see y it wouldnt work let us kno how it goes |
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08-07-2008, 12:37 PM
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| Re: tubeless douglas? i want to see a picture... |
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08-07-2008, 01:06 PM
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| Re: tubeless douglas? you want a pic of the rims before or after? i guess ill try tonite. local shop said it will take a lot of air to seat the bead, but should work. |
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08-07-2008, 01:11 PM
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| Re: tubeless douglas? You will probably need alot of airpressure to seat the tire but it should work. I know someone running the skunkwerx billet wheels with a tubeless tire. |
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08-07-2008, 01:27 PM
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| Re: tubeless douglas? I know a bunch of guys that stunt with us use tubeless, Onewheelregulator on here does too. |
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08-07-2008, 01:27 PM
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| Re: tubeless douglas? I run mine tubeless and so do most of the people I ride with it's great. |
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08-07-2008, 02:13 PM
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| Re: tubeless douglas? ive been using the conti zippys with tubes for a while, just thought today why i even had tubes at all. ill post pics tonight, trying to find the shortest rubber valve stem i can locally. |
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08-07-2008, 04:53 PM
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| Re: tubeless douglas? |
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08-07-2008, 05:05 PM
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| Re: tubeless douglas? I wouldnt use those valve stems! I would use the metal with the screw on nut... yea, the expensive ones. I would think it'd work... for the road. Dirt, I would be iffy about! |
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08-07-2008, 07:11 PM
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| Re: tubeless douglas? SUCCESS.......kinda. hole in the rim too small for valve stem to completly pull through. tire held air and found no leaks however. 007.JPG unfortunantly my spray bomb job did not hold up. tore them down, gonna drop off for powder tomorrow. 008.JPG |
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08-07-2008, 07:15 PM
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| Re: tubeless douglas? it did take about 50lbs to seat the beads with the valve core out, but then aired down to 25lbs with no probs. i think its gonna work, this beauty very rarely sees dirt. stunt/parking lot warrior mostly. ill post final results when i get the wheels back, hopefully tommorrow night, in the mean time going to try to find some fancy valve stems |
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