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cycleclinic in reply to @HHHH

Tubeless gyres cause a big tension drop and any tension variance may get magnified.

You must set front tension with tubeless tyres at 1000 to 1100n. Get the tension every even with a maximum variance of 50n. Threadlocker or self locking nipples help. That way fitting a tubeless tyre should not cause the wheel to budge.

The tension drop with tubeless tyres is around 200n.

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gbj_tester in reply to @cycleclinic

The tension drop with tubeless tyres is around 200n

Have you measure the tension drop with butyl or latex tubes? I'm struggling to see a mechanism whereby tubeless would cause significantly more compression of the rim than tubed.

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cycleclinic in reply to @gbj_tester

I dont understand it fully either but with normal clinchers and tubes the drop is less but these tyres are not as tight on the rims.

Also some rims show bigger drops with tubeless tyres. One dayi will get a colection of wheels and tyres and document this.

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