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The plan is to run these tubeless
This will probably be alright at HHV (but I’d double check) but won’t be at any indoor velodrome. Something to think about?
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Yeah I've just shot them an email. I can imagine sealant being an issue if you get a flat, but if you run it dry I'm not sure how it is any worse than running clinchers. If anything a tubeless tyre when used with a tubeless rim is harder to demount than a clincher when flat. Even then in my 8 or so years of running tubeless, my experience is that they tend to deflate quite slowly, as opposed to conventional clinchers which tend to deflate instantly when punctured
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Rode this on Monday at training and wow what a difference. I felt I could easily tuck into a similar position and could get a decent bend on the arms, much more spacious and sprinting felt a lot more comfortable. Definitely noticed my glutes were getting more of a workout as I think my hip angle was more open. Managed to get a PR on a single lap which was good, but not quite able to break 60km/h peak speed though... but I'll keep trying!
Plans for wheels... Im not going to go to deep carbon rims for now. I'm on a bit of a budget so decided to go with a shallow alloy rim with some budget hubs.
Rims have arrived, although I didn't realise they are drilled for internal nipples... so I ordered the wrong spoke length.
Mounted these on the rims to check width, they come out at 25.6mm which should fit OK on the frame. Hubs and spokes still on the way. The plan is to run these tubeless for the lowest rolling resistance, it should gain about 10w @30km/h so even more at typical race speeds.