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Tubeless To Tubed To Tubeless


gazzaecowarrior
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Just picked up a 2008 gas gas 250. Delighted to see old owner had kindly fitted a new X11. Gutted then to see that he had also drilled the rim and fitted a rim lock and tube. I'm guessing he had leaky rim tape and couldn't be bothered to fix it. I want to go back to tubeless as I find tubed tyres a real faff. But I'm left with a hole in the rim. I could try a chemical metal repair (pb weld) but I'm wondering if rim flex would just ping it off ? Or I could put a 2nd valve in the hole to replace the rim lock. Any suggestions ?

Also where do you find the rim tape for tubless rear wheels which hasn't got the built in valve? Seems dapht to spend £25 on a built in valve and rim tape if I then have to put another hole in I for the second valve.

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Well I never. I had no idea rim plugs existed. Cant seem to buy them in the UK. Anybody know where I can get them from here ?

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