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[ridered55 TT Gold Member]

They have a good write up about it in the July MXA,, I'm gonna try em...

[NorCal TT Addict]

ridered55 said:

They have a good write up about it in the July MXA,, I'm gonna try em...

Do you race at all?

[Layton TT Platinum Member]

sonobob said:

You may well be correct, I had always thought the purpose of the rimlock was to prevent the tire from free spinning on the rim under hard acceleration and/or hard braking.  If that were to happen, it would definitely be prone to spinning the tube with it...

The rimlock keeps the tire from rotating on the rim.   If the tire rotates it pulls the inner tube along with it which will cause the valve stem to be ripped from the tube.

[drjon TT Bronze Member]

freshprince said:

where did you get the 21" from. the site stll says 60 day wait. I only see 19"

+1

I thought they just had 19" rear setups available.

[DezRiderX TT Member]

It has said 60 days for months now. The have the 18", 19", and 21" available.

[MathProf TT Silver Member]

OK, race info

2 races:2 wins with the Tubliss 21" setup in a Senior A class.

First event was not hard on the tires. Finished 7th overall.
Second event was at Inyan Kara in Wyoming. Lots of logs, some rocks.

I put a new Dunlop 742("new":recommended by Nuetech) and I lost 1 psi over 4 days including the race.

I wet-soaped the inner tube and the orange insert. The Dunlop popped right on. I ran 11 lbs through the race and never "felt" the rim hit once.

Lighter than the Mousse tubes run by some AA riders.

[DezRiderX TT Member]

Good review. I am waiting for my 21" front. I got a major pinch flat last weekend during a desert race while running in the top 5. Slime didn't fix it. When I got home I put the tubliss on order as well as a new front tire. It should be here today and I really look forward to it.

[sonobob Get Help Now]

Layton said:

The rimlock keeps the tire from rotating on the rim.   If the tire rotates it pulls the inner tube along with it which will cause the valve stem to be ripped from the tube.

My thoughts exactly...so tube or no tube, if the rim is spinning in the tire - there is no go...

Even off-road 4wd trucks use beadlocker wheels...

[mikes300 TT Platinum Member]

sonobob said:

My thoughts exactly...so tube or no tube, if the rim is spinning in the tire - there is no go...

Even off-road 4wd trucks use beadlocker wheels...

Thats about how it works, so unless the tubliss inner tube fails the tire is locked onto the rim, even if the tire is flat, it still works very well, I have the 19 rear on my bike it works excellent, you can run 6 psi get great traction and never get a pinch flat, you can if you want run slime or tru goo in the tire just in case you puncture the tire it self, its a very cool system.  I'm running tire balls up front but will be switching to the tubliss so as I get around to it.

Mike

[NorCal TT Addict]

mikes300 said:

Thats about how it works, so unless the tubliss inner tube fails the tire is locked onto the rim, even if the tire is flat, it still works very well, I have the 19 rear on my bike it works excellent, you can run 6 psi get great traction and never get a pinch flat, you can if you want run slime or tru goo in the tire just in case you puncture the tire it self, its a very cool system.  I'm running tire balls up front but will be switching to the tubliss so as I get around to it.

Mike

What don't you like about the tire balls?

[mikes300 TT Platinum Member]

Nothing really, they have been great, i just will put them in my other bike.

Mike

NorCal said:

What don't you like about the tire balls?

[NMdesertRacer TT Addict]

So this system is really only works good for woods and rocks riding right? I would still get a flat if I got several mesquite thorns in my tire.

[Sundog Get Help Now]

NMdesertRacer said:

So this system is really only works good for woods and rocks riding right? I would still get a flat if I got several mesquite thorns in my tire.

Wouldn't either a plug or slime work on that?

But to answer your question yes, something puncturing your tire would still cause a flat, just no pinchflats.

[NMdesertRacer TT Addict]

Ok thanks! I was looking at this system for the desert. Im gonna stick with tubes. Slime has only worked for me once.

[maverick98 TT Newbie]

It's my understanding that the small inner tube not only seals the tire to the rim but also acts as a bead lock for the whole tire.  Thus there is not a need for the stock bead lock.

Kevin

[Dwight_Rudder]

maverick98 said:

It's my understanding that the small inner tube not only seals the tire to the rim but also acts as a bead lock for the whole tire.  Thus there is not a need for the stock bead lock.

Kevin

It comes with it's own beadlock as part of the package.
Dwight

[Jaynen TT Platinum Member]

I'm sad that neither this or the tireballs will work for me.

Tireballs you can't really alter your pressures easily can you?

And Tubliss if you get a flat it goes flat immediately which would be very dangerous for the high speed road riding I do when commuting, dual sport etc.

[Sundog Get Help Now]

Jaynen said:

And Tubliss if you get a flat it goes flat immediately which would be very dangerous for the high speed road riding I do when commuting, dual sport etc.

And you are saying that using a standard tube/tire set-up the tire doesn't go flat immediately?

[CBus660R TT Addict]

Jaynen said:

I'm sad that neither this or the tireballs will work for me.

Tireballs you can't really alter your pressures easily can you?

And Tubliss if you get a flat it goes flat immediately which would be very dangerous for the high speed road riding I do when commuting, dual sport etc.

With TireBalls, you run them softer than you would a tube for all conditions so you wouldn't need to change pressure constantly for dry to wet conditions and vice versa, but that wouldn't work for a DS application where you want to switch from 25PSI for road only use to 12PSI for off-road use.  

With the Tubliss, what would cause a flat on the road that wouldn't cause a flat with a tube?  And if you did get a flat with the Tubliss, at least it would keep the bead locked in place unlike a tube where the tire could flop around.

[Bigbird TT Bronze Member]

Sundog said:

Wouldn't either a plug or slime work on that?

But to answer your question yes, something puncturing your tire would still cause a flat, just no pinchflats.

I asked this same question of Jeff at Nuetech.  He said he uses slime in his with great results, and the plugs will work as well.