Originally Posted by
Badger6
If it is a UST rim, isn't the rim bed free of holes? A feature of UST is that it is supposed to be able to seal without tape. If this is not the case, depending on the tape used, one turn with about 4-6" overlap should suffice. To account for the channel in the center of the rim bed, your tape needs to be 2-3mm wider than the internal width, in order to ensure the tape is wide enough to touch both sides of the rim while also conforming the contours of the center channel.
Just curiosity, but why does tape need to be that wide and/or be done at different widths for different rims? That is, why can't tape just be the same width for any TL rim width, presuming spoke hole diameters are pretty uniform, plus some extra as a safety margin. For argument's sake, why can't a 15-18mm width tape be used for any TL rim?