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NoCoGreg wrote:Since the rims I'm using are aluminum I'll be running the rim strip up where the bead seats as the sealants I use have ammonia which reacts (attacks) aluminum. I've seen aluminum rims where sealant has cause extensive corrosion so I'm counting on the rim tape to protect against this.I have no experience with ammonia sealants but I wouldn't depend on rim tape to protect the rim. The flanges are pretty highly stressed and a flange failure would result in a blowout.
Thanks - I found two 26 aluminum rims which work with rim brakes and tubeless, 20 and 21 mm wide respectively. One is fratelli and the other kinlin. Let’s see. Inclined to go with fratelli, because these are currently available.
I do not really trust ghetto tubeless. I have heard about this before and I have no doubt it can be easily set up, probably even easier than on real tubeless rims where the tire needs to be pushed over that hub.
I have used all kinds of sealant on an aluminum wheelset (mavic), never corrosion. Finish line Muc off Stan’s…
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