Tubeless rim tape
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I've ordered myself a set of these Light Bicycle rims, and I'm wondering what rim tape width I need? I was told 18mm would be fine, but when watching tubeless tape install videos, the tape seems to be wider than the internal with of the rim (in this case 22mm), so I just thought I'd check.
In my experience, the tape needs to be wide enough to seal the spoke holes - a few mm on each side of the hole is usually enough. It doesn't hurt if it's wider though. There's no need for wall-to-wall taping.
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Marin wrote:In my experience, the tape needs to be wide enough to seal the spoke holes - a few mm on each side of the hole is usually enough. It doesn't hurt if it's wider though. There's no need for wall-to-wall taping.
Ok. Thanks. And this applies to tubeless setups as well?
HaakonJohansen wrote:Marin wrote:In my experience, the tape needs to be wide enough to seal the spoke holes - a few mm on each side of the hole is usually enough. It doesn't hurt if it's wider though. There's no need for wall-to-wall taping.
Ok. Thanks. And this applies to tubeless setups as well?
I'm fairly certain he's talking specifically about a tubeless setup.
Like Marin, I use tape wide enough to get a couple of millimeters on each side of the spoke holes.
I used 3M 8898, specifically.
This isn't very weight weenie of me, but I always use gorilla tape, wide enough to cover the spoke holes + a few mm. One strip, all the way around, no leaking issues. I've used DT Swiss factory installed tubeless tape and Stan's that I installed- and I always end up back at the gorilla tape.
Taped my A23s yesterday with Tesa 4289 - a double wrap of 1 rim weighs 10 grams. Single wrap should be enough though, so 5g per wheel.
Actually, I weighed the tape I took off which probably had sealant residue stuck to it, so it's probably a gram or 2 ligher when you tape it
Actually, I weighed the tape I took off which probably had sealant residue stuck to it, so it's probably a gram or 2 ligher when you tape it
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