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I'm possibly getting ahead of myself but that's part of the fun, right?
The really lightweight Conti Speed King I had up front was starting to get a bit withered at the side walls, so I though it best to replace it. It seems that the availability of nice 26" tyres is not what it used to be, I went with a pair of skinny 47mm Conti Contact Urbans which got a good review on bicyclerollingresistance.com (albeit in different size). I'm sure they are nice enough tyres, but... boring. So to tart things up a bit, I though I'd try if they would work tubeless, for laughs if nothing else -- the tyres aren't advertised as tubeless ready. Funnily enough they actually seem to be holding pressure. Sealant was from a bottle opened several years ago, and a pair of valves from old inner tubes. Totally pro. One tyre went up with just a floor pump, for the other one I needed to wield an (emptied) fire extinguisher.
I fully expect to find the tyres empty tomorrow morning, will be reporting back with head hung low.
I also made a hasty bdhu adjustment before an event (a ten hour alleycat race). Works great. I didn't have time/energy to trim the cable outers at the time so I need to go back to fix those.
Please find attached a recreation of the earlier photo.
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