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Any tips?
You can be fucking shoddy with gorilla tape and it works. Tape can be so wide it goes up and over the side wall. The yellow tape is much less forgiving - rim has to be very clean, and application has to be very accurate, and as you have found, it doesn't like being stretched.
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In terms of width WTB says rim width plus 5mm (I guess to take account of curvature of rim well). With gorilla are you aiming to cover simply the spoke holes, or take it right up to the edge of the bead hook?
Would yellow tape be better if I left the inner tube in there overnight say to help set it?
motoko
Had a miserable time over the weekend trying to setup my Genesis Longitude tubeless. All parts are tubeless ready WTB scraper i35 rims and 2.8" tyres. I was using 40mm WTB tape and Stans valves. The tire sat on the bead very easily with just a track pump, but I seem to be having a lot of leakage through the rim. Sealant was coming out the spoke holes and in some cases the nipples.
Is there a trick to setting the rim tape. I was struggling to get the tape to be tight when sticking it down and getting it to conform to the well of the rim. On one attempt it ripped when I pressed down on the center of the tape as it isn't stretchy.
Any tips?