February 25, 201511 yr Hi all, I was just out fitting a new IRC rear tyre to my 240 and noticed it had no rim lock, or hole for one. I also noticed it looked like a rim which was designed to need a high pressure to pop the tyre onto the rim, i.e it had the extra ridge inside the rim. Is that normal on a Fantic trial bike. I have had a few enduro fantics and years back a 200 and dont recall this feature. I also found it quite easy to "break the bead by standing" on the tyre. With a tubeless tyre this would not have been the case. As a precaution I drilled the rim and fitted a rim lock. Did I do wrong? The rim is an Akront and is gold. Is that normal too or had someone changed the rims at some point? Many thanks. Glenn Edited February 25, 201511 yr by fastbelly
February 26, 201511 yr It sounds as though someone had changed the rim to a tubeless type at some point? Not any more though eh Actually you could probably fit another valve into the hole if you wanted to revert it back to use a tubeless tyre...
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.