hazza6542
Eats Squid
So I tried using it for the first time and broke my stiffy, bit disappointed because I didn't get to go out for a proper ride. Now I have to use rubbers.
Puns aside, bought a set of Spank Stiffy rims and on the first ride the lip of the rim bent and meant no more tubeless (insert erectile dysfunction pun). After getting a bike shop to pull the dent out as much as they could I've gone through two DH Maxxis tubes. Both times they've burst I haven't hit anything hard, today I ripped a fat hole though a DH tube rolling down fire road. I haven't had problems like this with other rims, and my front rim is holding up fine, haven't touched it since it first got set up with tubeless.
Anyone got any ideas about it? I've had a look and where the shop has pulled the lip out it's all grazed up metal, do I possibly have shards of metal floating around in there and will I still be able to seal a tubeless tire with a bent lip?
Puns aside, bought a set of Spank Stiffy rims and on the first ride the lip of the rim bent and meant no more tubeless (insert erectile dysfunction pun). After getting a bike shop to pull the dent out as much as they could I've gone through two DH Maxxis tubes. Both times they've burst I haven't hit anything hard, today I ripped a fat hole though a DH tube rolling down fire road. I haven't had problems like this with other rims, and my front rim is holding up fine, haven't touched it since it first got set up with tubeless.
Anyone got any ideas about it? I've had a look and where the shop has pulled the lip out it's all grazed up metal, do I possibly have shards of metal floating around in there and will I still be able to seal a tubeless tire with a bent lip?