What's inside this rim?

[flaxseedoil1000]

Greetings

New to tubeless, got a flat, put a new valve stem in and noticed the giant gap.

Is that a liner? Looks thicker than tape.

Should I yank it and replace with rim tape? What would you do?

(The pic with the leaking sealant is stock valve stem from Magicycle, surprised it held air at all)

tia

 

[fooferdoggie]

tubules rims need tubules rim tape. are you trying to convert a wheel to tubules?

 

[flaxseedoil1000]

Thx for the reply, it came tubeless and I want to keep it that way.

Whoever put that rim together left a big gap next to the valve stem, want to fix it right but not sure if I should go with tape or find whatever kind of liner that is.

tia

 

[fooferdoggie]

Thx for the reply, it came tubeless and I want to keep it that way.

Whoever put that rim together left a big gap next to the valve stem, want to fix it right but not sure if I should go with tape or find whatever kind of liner that is.

tia

ok I was not sure if you were trying to convert it. you want tubules rim tape in the right size.

https://www.amazon.com/Stans-NoTubes-30-Millimeter-Interior-Yards/dp/B01H1ZJ7VO/ref=sr_1_5?crid=1QDSUD8S5VA8M&keywords=tubeless+rim+tape&qid=1646019589&sprefix=tubeless+rim+tape%2Caps%2C505&sr=8-5

https://www.amazon.com/Muc-Off-20070-Tubeless-Tape/dp/B081S5F5CF/ref=sr_1_7?crid=1QDSUD8S5VA8M&keywords=tubeless+rim+tape&qid=1646019814&sprefix=tubeless+rim+tape%2Caps%2C505&sr=8-7

 

[flaxseedoil1000]

I think I figured it out, it's a fat tire thing (this is my first fat bike).

It's called a rim strip and is basically an elastic band. Guessing they did this to save time / needs to be 3" wide.

It's possible it shifted while I was pushing the bike home 5 miles, try as I did to keep the weight off the back tire.

Gonna ditch the rim strip since I don't have holes in the wheels and replace with Gorilla Tough and Wide so I don't have to worry about it moving on me.

 

[fooferdoggie]

I think I figured it out, it's a fat tire thing (this is my first fat bike).

It's called a rim strip and is basically an elastic band. Guessing they did this to save time / needs to be 3" wide.

It's possible it shifted while I was pushing the bike home 5 miles, try as I did to keep the weight off the back tire.

Gonna ditch the rim strip since I don't have holes in the wheels and replace with Gorilla Tough and Wide so I don't have to worry about it moving on me.

the ones I showed you are sticky backed. but they are made to survive sealant too. you should have sealant in there and patch plugs to fi what you had.

https://www.amazon.com/Pro-Bike-Tool-Tubeless-Repair/dp/B07WHDQG6R/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=2730WY0IUSMT8&keywords=tubeless+plug+kit&qid=1646067953&sprefix=tubeless+plug%2Caps%2C134&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzUVFWS0hORFFNQVBWJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNTYxNjYzTVYyM1pRWkJPT0kxJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA0NjQ1NTEyRFdQOEg4Njg2VVZMJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

 

[flaxseedoil1000]

Thx for reposting foo, I missed your links before.

I had dismissed tape like Muc-Off because they maxed out at 35mm wide. I think with these 26x4 rims it needs to be wider.

Thx again.