Originally Posted by
ColonelJLloyd
And here's a great tip. Stop using cloth rim tape!!! It's heavier, can retain water and rust eyelets if present and make it tough to mount certain tire/rim combinations. Using Stan's or Pacenti or the like rim tape is the way to go. It's lighter, stickier and makes it so easy to mount tires. I've converted nearly all of my wheels to this type of tape.
This brings up a good point... with the A23's tubeless-ready design, we do NOT recommend using cloth rim tape or Veloplugs. The inner profile of the rim is shaped differently and it will make tire mounting much more difficult with the thicker cloth tape vs. two layers of our Velotape or something similar (like Stan's). I do have a few rolls of a synthetic fiber "cloth" tape that I use at home which has proven to be an
excellent alternative. It's nearly as thin as our Velotape and incredibly strong... the only downside is I picked it up at a surplus store, and have no idea what its called or who makes it! Glad I got three large rolls...