Is there much involved in converting spoked wheels to tubeless?[/quote]DaveZ1 wrote:Why not convert the rims to tubeless, you'll never have that problem again. Many advantages. A flat tyre on the road becomes just a minor inconvenience rather than a major drama. A nail in the tyre isn't likely to cause an immediate deflation, may just loose pressure VERY slowly. Unspung weight is also considerably reduced, those tubes aren't light.
I'm assuming tubeless tyres are available for whatever rim size you have used.
It's actually VERY easy, that was certainly the case using the kit I purchased. The tubeless hold pressure better than tubes. But the main reason was so that a nail in the rear tyre in some remote place would be no big deal, which it is with a tube. A tubless repair kit fits nicely up inside the 'duck bill' tail so its carried all the time. Only had to use it once, but that was at home as I was getting the bike out to go for a ride. Felt hard to push, looked down and a flat rear tyre due to a nail picked up previous ride. Fixed in 5 minutes.
When I was researching the subject, the only problems I could find seemed to all relate to poor workmanship on the part of the person doing the job. In my case there was a reasonable amount of rust on the inside of the rim from water penetration through the spoke nipples. I sand blasted it completely clean and then gave it two coats of marine grade two part epoxy primer before applying the sealing tapes.
