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  1. 09-10-2013, 08:20 PM #1
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    I've found ~8psi works best. I am riding Knard/Knard.

    If you haven't gone tubeless yet, I'd reccomend it as my tires seem to hook up on the dirt better and the other obvious reasons. (Punctures)

    I just heard about the fat bike class at Farmdale. Awesome idea, I'm in.
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    Quote Originally Posted by badfish41 View Post
    I've found ~8psi works best. I am riding Knard/Knard.

    If you haven't gone tubeless yet, I'd reccomend it as my tires seem to hook up on the dirt better and the other obvious reasons. (Punctures)

    I just heard about the fat bike class at Farmdale. Awesome idea, I'm in.
    It should be fun. I can't improve my ranking in the IHRS so I'm going for the funs.

    How did you set up tubeless? I just went tubeless on my Voodoo and it was kind of a pain. I used Cafelatex at first and added Stan's to seal... neither would work for me on their own.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jJohnson View Post
    It should be fun. I can't improve my ranking in the IHRS so I'm going for the funs.

    How did you set up tubeless? I just went tubeless on my Voodoo and it was kind of a pain. I used Cafelatex at first and added Stan's to seal... neither would work for me on their own.
    Piece of advice: Throw away the CafeLatex.

    Unless of course you enjoy going through the trouble of setting it up Tubeless, only to continue getting flats. Then keep it.

    I ran it for a while, and also tried the Bontrager SuperJuice. Both crap.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SweetSVT99 View Post
    Piece of advice: Throw away the CafeLatex.

    Unless of course you enjoy going through the trouble of setting it up Tubeless, only to continue getting flats. Then keep it.

    I ran it for a while, and also tried the Bontrager SuperJuice. Both crap.
    I wanted to try something different than Stan's, but you're right. I blame it on my Pacenti tires, though. The sealant was seeping out of the sidewalls where words were stitched. I used Stan's solely in the rear and it didn't seal either, so I added Cafelatex because it expands. It worked. May try different tires next season now that there's decent variety of 650b tires, if I keep this bike. Cleaning the mess of mixed sealants will not be fun.
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