I heard gorilla tape works really well have you considered gorilla tape.
Sold.
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I used gorilla glue and haven’t had a flat yet. Ride quality is subpar but I’m on gators so it could just be that.
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@Crustradamus just to be clear we’re not being mean. I have used gorilla tape in quite a few wheels. It works damn fucking well.
If you want something thicker, Schwalbe’s tape is it
It’s got a black rubbery adhesive layer underneath a blue slippery tensile exterior
You’re fucking with us, right?
Gorilla tape is better than Tuffy strips for flat protection
Really liking these 650B x 47 Teravail Ramparts. Haven’t tried the similarly sized Compass or Gravelkings, but was impressed with how easily the Teravails set up tubeless (floor pump, two ounces of sealant).
Please tell us you’ve got em tubeless on 23’s or 19’s
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have you tried the horizons though? you copped the light n supple, yeah?
I’ve ridden OE Horizons (with tubes). Seemed OK, but I haven’t ridden the aftermarket ones. My Ramparts are the L/S version.
Why the hell are Horizons so noisy on paved surfaces? Other than mtb knobbies on pavement, they’re the noisiest tire I’ve ever used. Thick ass rubber?
I’ve been riding these tires almost exclusively for two years and I haven’t noticed any more noise than usual.
haha no I’m fine. Just trying to compare two things that work, one which I have experience with and one with which I do not. I just realized late last night that doing a carbon rim might be vastly different than aluminum due to the adhevise properties of each of these (and hey maybe that’s why enve uses or used gorilla tape?). Only issue I ever had with gorilla tape was the edges peeling up when taking off an old tire. But I do notice that it seems to get a bit soaked with sealant so thought I should try the other options and see if anything changes. One layer of each sounds intriguing to me for that reason.
Never had to scrape a rim and never found pieces of tape in my tire (wtf).
Thanks for the Schwalbe tip @JUGE_FREDD . My girlfriend’s Orbea mtb came with some oem wheels that have a thick rubber rim strip inside. That seems like a pretty robust solution but I don’t know who sells such things. Maybe the Schwalbe stuff approaches it in terms of durability and feel.
Oh absolutely. But I would put money down that someone out there has tried it.
this is true. why are we taping shit meticulously when what would basically amount to a giant ~600mm diameter rubber band would do the job?
Yours are the older tan sidewalls? Mine are the more orangey ones, bought last fall.