So, life took a different approach and I needed to downsize my bikes. I’m selling my TCR 2021 and just traded my gravel for a Cannondale SuperSix Evo 2015 - Rim Brakes. That will be my only bike from now on.
The bike is beautiful, zero scuffs, it is really like new. I have no idea how/where the seller got this bike, but it’s in better shape than my TCR.
The bike has a set of Fulcrum wheels, which I’ll use on the rollers with some cheap tires.
For the road, I bought (from the same seller) a pair of Vision 35SL
Well, I’d love to run these wheels tubeless, and it was the main reason I bought it. I checked Vision’s website beforehand and it says they are tubeless ready, but I must admit, I’m not confident.
Does anyone have information on those particular wheels or a way to make sure they are tubeless? There’s nothing written on them as for “TLR” or something like this. I also noticed that when pumping regular tires, I don’t hear the “pops” of the tire setting in the bed.
Looks like there are two options, one listed as ‘clincher’ and the other as ‘tubeless ready’. The tubeless one is more expensive, and listed by my supplier as coming with an XDR Freehub, so that’s a couple of possible clues.
It seems the case, there’s mismatched information on those wheels. I’m confident mine aren’t tubeless, and just to play safe I bought some TPU inner tubes to use with them. I have to confess that they are extremely light.
Be careful. My understanding is that tubeless is not compatible with rim brakes, no matter what the rim says. So before running these tubeless, make sure that they will work tubeless with rim brakes
I don’t think there’s any relation between rim brake and tubeless as long as the rim is tubeless-ready. Hunt has some excellent rim brake wheels, and they are all tubeless.
My wheels aren’t, so I’ll run them with TPU tubes.
