Stans NoTubes Tubeless Bicycle Tire System

by Stans NoTubes

Product Features

• Converts your existing wheelset to tubeless
• Self sealing
• Allows you to run lower air pressure without worrying about pinch flats
• This System requires very little mechanical ability to install.
• Lower Air Pressure, Better Traction and Ride

Product Description

Stan's tubeless system will convert your existing wheel set to tubeless allowing you to use either standard or tubeless tires. Saving hundreds of dollars and weight over purchasing other Tubeless Systems.

Product Details

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• ASIN: B001VCBH44
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,252 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #59 in Sports & Outdoors > Bikes & Accessories > Components & Parts > Tires

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not as easy as they make out and they don't stand behind product, August 5, 2011

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P. Dixon "stranger in a strange land" (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stans NoTubes Tubeless Bicycle Tire System (Misc.)

I bought the Stan's kit together with 2 additional rim strips and a syringe to convert 4 wheels I had. I checked their website and all wheels (2 Bontrager tubeless compatibles and 2 regular Mavic wheels) were listed and gave recommendations.

I read the instructions (they are brief) and also watched the online video multiple times. However when I tried my install I wasn't getting any air to stay in any tyre - all air came straight back out at the valve stem. I removed the tires and saw the rimstrips didn't seem right. I took pictures and emailed Stan's. The response back was odd in that it quoted the wrong wheels, but it assured me the sealant would do the job.

Tried 4 times and only 1 wheel took air - the other 3 leaked all the sealant where the air was rushing out and never sealed it. I tried for hours. And the one that did take air, leaked it out overnight and was flat in the morning.

I've since emailed Stan's twice more. I politely asked for more help or perhaps a refund. I've never received a reply from either.

So I've spent close to $100 on their products, have no tubeless wheels, have had 33% response to my emails and the 1 response was crap.

Can I recommend tubeless tires - I'd love to tell you.
Can I recommend StansNoTubes - not even to my enemies.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Stans works. Watch the Stans videos, May 1, 2010

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Philip J. Seaman - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stans NoTubes Tubeless Bicycle Tire System (Misc.)

After putting up with flats and the extra weight, I took the plunge and bought Stan's conversion kit along with two new tubeless mountain bike tires. I also watched Stans videos as well as several others on youtube a couple of times each. I considered buying tubeless rims, but given the price and that I'm a weekend warrior at best, it seemed a little much. Instead I learned to subtleties of tubed to tubeless conversion and got a little dirty.

The rim strip, that looks like an inner tube except it's just a flat strip, would not allow me to put on the tubeless tires. With the rim strip I was able to use my old tubed tires, but the weaker sidewall compared to the tubeless ones [which have fairly uniform thickness through the tire] had me nervous. To get a seal soap suds are needed as shown in the video, to seal between the tire and the wheel as well as make visible leaks, as well as a high air volume floor pump or compressed air [the one at the gas station worked for me]. Once you've gotten to the "Stans goop in the tire" point it needs to be sloshed back and forth as shown in the video and allowed to sit flat for several minutes on both sides to seal the side walls since once the wheel is vertical there's not goop up against the sidewalls. Any tear in the sidewall will render a tubed tire unusable for conversion for tubeless.

To get the tubeless tires on my rims I found that by not using the rim strip and removing the thin tape covering spoke nipples, cleaning the inner surface as shown on a Stans video, the rim tape allowed me to seal the holes and a stans valve stem sealed the stem hole. With this slightly smaller amount of material in the wheel groove I was FINALLY able to get the tubeless tire on my none-tubeless wheel and seal it with air.

In short for tubeless tires on tubed rims use ONLY rim tape.

For tubed tires use the rim strip.

Watch the videos.

My now tubeless wheels are much lighter that they used to be.

Good Luck and Good Riding.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars terrible product, October 15, 2011

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asdf - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Stans NoTubes Tubeless Bicycle Tire System (Sports)

This conversion kit sucks ass. I made sure everything was compatable and i used brand new tires but after 4 hours of fiddling around with the kit I ran out of sealant. This is a ripoff.

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