Specialized is apparently back in on tubeless with their Roval Rapide wheel
03-13-22, 02:12 PM
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It seems to be road tubeless' time to prove itself. I remember even 2-3 years ago, people here were scoffing at disc brakes and look at the racing and shop-sales scene now...hard to even find a high-end road bike with rim brakes anymore. I'm only running my front tubeless but when the Zipp 303s come in, I'll be all tubeless. I only run the front right now since it was pretty hard to get the tire on by hand. I did but it will SUCK to put a tube in there if ever needed. Still, I like the safety factor of at least having the front tubeless. A flat coming down a mountain pass at 50 MPH sounds awful so I have a better safety margin with tubeless....a few more seconds to react. I'll look for some tires easier to mount and do both when my 303 Firecrests come in this summer.
07-11-22, 06:24 PM
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Sorry for the semi-necropost, but my LBS is having a sale:
I had to really dig around to discover the fatal flaw -- if you want to run it tubeless. Still, for a lightweight wheel-set, it now seems like a tempting deal. The fact that it is Specialized puts me off more than the tubeless fiasco, but I guess in some sense they are inseparable aspects.
I had to really dig around to discover the fatal flaw -- if you want to run it tubeless. Still, for a lightweight wheel-set, it now seems like a tempting deal. The fact that it is Specialized puts me off more than the tubeless fiasco, but I guess in some sense they are inseparable aspects.
