Photo from mcsneaky.com
Blog from Norco Factory Team’s Evan McNeely:
When I first started mountain bike racing, changing tires with a tubeless system was nightmare. I cringe when I think of all the times I’ve spent at gas station air compressors, struggling to seat a tire for a race 2 hours later. This was when rims weren’t designed to be tubeless. Rims relied on the tube to press the tire bead securely into place on the rim.
With Stan’s Notubes wheels I can swap tires, start-to-finish, on a complete set of rims in about 10 minutes, with one hand while sipping a sweetened iced tea. It is so effortless, I run to Staples to hit the Easy Button every time. Although, instead of the guy saying “That was easy!” you hear the snap of the tires bead slipping in to place. The sound of accomplishment and satisfaction. It’s inflate-tires-with-a-5-year-old-hand-pump-that-your-not-sure-still-works easy. This is because Stan’s rims were designed to be tubeless; not only making them easier to set up but increasing performance in every metric, so you can get the most out the tire and the wheel.
So what has the infamous Stan done that nobody else could? BST, you should be chanting, BST. Bead socket technology is what makes Stan’s wheels so easy to use…
Keep reading on mcsneaky.com