Di Admin (del 12/02/2009 @ 11:36:08, in Road tubeless, linkato 1069 volte)
It's almost official (well, now it is official!) that Effetto Mariposa will release a tubeless conversion kit called "Caffélatex". The elements of these kit will allow to turn standard mtb wheels into tubeless wheels. Similar products have already been on the market for a long time, but we think we added some interesting extra features to the sealant, the injector and the sealing tape. The kit is actually so good that we're already testing it on some other tubeless conversions, more difficult than mountain-bike ones: that's it, road tubeless! Follow me through this quick photo guide: believe me or not, it's really my first attempt to do a road tubeless conversion and this is its true story.
I took a pair of boring training wheels (old Mavic Cosmic without stickers)
I removed the rim tape and added one turn of Caffé tubeless tape per wheel
I added Caffé tubeless valves and mounted Hutchinson Road Tubeless
I removed the valve-core and injected 50ml of Caffélatex sealant
I inflated the tyres (might be easier with a compressor, to do it with the pump I had to use all my tyre kung-fu)
I put the wheels back on my bike and went on a (careful) ride. The system hasn't gone through long-term testing yet, but all is good so far!