One of my Mezcals got the wrinkles real quick. The others have been good. I decided the day before a 4 day off road ride to get a new tire. I thought I would cut up the old bald Mezcal and thread some straps thru it to stop shit moving around on my bike. I had to use 3 different knives before I could poke a fecking hole in the black part of the tread ! That stuff is strong.
Was gonna crack the beads on the plastic bike to prep for getting back out but I took it off the hook and they’re both still holding pressure so I’m just gonna give them both a squirt
lol my partner just had to put 5 layers of tape on their rim (along with zip ties, maxing out the compressor, and multiple attempts) to get some panaracer tires to seat
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My first tubeless experience was mounting a used set of RH knobs on a pair of Velocity Quills. I had to wrap 8 layers of 3m tape to get those bastards to seat. That was after soapy water, compressor, etc. etc.
Never again, Jan!
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Holy moly that EXT tire looks like the squirmiest piece of shit ever!
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Well, actually that still make that tire, and tubeless too
My brother and I ride together a lot, he never notices anything about the bike he’s riding. I bought him an MTB that had this tire on the rear and the first ride he stopped and was like “what the fuck is wrong with this bike?”
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On the other hand, my gravel kings are the easiest tire Ive ever tublessed. I dont have a compressor. I hate them anyway. Feel very slow.
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oh and probably a thunderbutts in there as well
When I first got into mtb/tubeless I had these on 26er. The bike came with Pythons and I had no clue about tire pressure yet and washed out a bunch. Putting these on was wild… slow, yes. Also un-crashable.
Needs resist nomad
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What game is that?
Spelling bee
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So I ended up getting Volummys instead of RTPs. They weren’t that much less, but I couldn’t stomach the Rene Herse cost and in every photo I’ve seen of them they look pretty bulbous. Not that these don’t, but I think it’s less so. On paper they are the same size, but maybe the RH tires have more sidewall. They definitely have a different type of sidewall that’s for sure.
Anyway, here’s what it looks like on a 17mm rim:
Can’t wait to ride these. And yes I will be re-mounting them because the brand name and specs is not centered very well in relation to the valve.
(For this build I have now ordered from Blue Lug, SimWorks and Crust. What have I become…)
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an x-biker
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xbiking is the new tarck from what it looks like
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tarck with no taste