Originally Posted by
Telkwa
Jeepers, guys -
There sure are a lot of potential mistakes involving a t/l installation. I think I made all of them.
You're certainly not alone there. On one rim I taped- everything went fine the first time around. On the second rim I had to re-tape 3 times. After the third time, even though it seemed OK, I pretty much lost faith in tape. Even if it holds air for a few days, I have no guarantee that it won't spring a leak some time down the road. Like 15 mile down the road. I switched to Mavic UST tubeless rims with no spoke holes and no need for taping. That worked 100% all the time. Now both my kids' MTB's are using this type of wheels. I totally recommend using this type of closed rim for going tubeless. I will never recommend taping up rims to anybody.