Does anybody know anything about the Nuetech Tubliss tyre system. www.nuetech.com It seems like a good alternative the mousses and balls if it works as well as they claim.
Tubliss
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Skidad
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I have a friend who has been using the 21" with good results. He rode about 1/2 the enduro season here in New England without a failure and it's about as rocky here as anywhere. There are some tricks to mounting them initially and getting the system to hold air but once you figure it all out they work great.
TONS of info on KTM Talk in the tire and wheel section so check there for sure.
TONS of info on KTM Talk in the tire and wheel section so check there for sure.
roostafish
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I was ready to order some, but it seems they're out of stock. I want to try these and see if they'll be what I want to use at the ISDE. I was planning on using tire balls, but this looks even better.
roostafish
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I'm digging and coming up empty. Did this company flop?
GasGas
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Acording to this place, he could not keep up with the demand. he now has a new manufacturer and will be back in stock in the new year.http://www.advantage-on-line.com/catalog.shtml
Nuetech is still around:
http://www.nuetech.com/
http://www.nuetech.com/
roostafish
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I just got an email from Jeff at Nuetech. He said that he'll have 18" units available Jan 5, and 21" units available the first part of February.
SpeedyManiac
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Not a fan of Tubliss. If you rip a knob off the tire, it goes flat. Not good. Mousses or tireballs are the way to go for offroad.
roostafish
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That is a good point, however, since I'll be changing tires often, I think the risk is low. I'm going to try them now, and see how they perform for me. I believe I'll be able to change both tires in the work period if I do tubes, or tubliss system. I struggle to get even one mousse changed in 15 minutes, add the fact that I need to switch air filters, and I've got a problem.
SpeedyManiac
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For the ISDE, use mousses. Practice your technique and you'll get it down. With some practice, it only takes a little over 4 minutes to do a mousse.
FIM tires are garbage so it's pretty easy to start tearing knobs. Plus, if you put a hole in the tire, the tubliss system is done. I use tireballs for my regular riding, but for the ISDE you definitely want to use mousses. I had to learn how to do mousses at the ISDE (while under the time constraint - no practice) and was doing them in about 7 minutes, sometimes a little less, so with practice ahead of time you'll be fine.
Remember, you have 15 minutes at the end of the day, plus 10 minutes in the morning. I did tires and oil at the end of the day, air filter in the morning.
FIM tires are garbage so it's pretty easy to start tearing knobs. Plus, if you put a hole in the tire, the tubliss system is done. I use tireballs for my regular riding, but for the ISDE you definitely want to use mousses. I had to learn how to do mousses at the ISDE (while under the time constraint - no practice) and was doing them in about 7 minutes, sometimes a little less, so with practice ahead of time you'll be fine.
Remember, you have 15 minutes at the end of the day, plus 10 minutes in the morning. I did tires and oil at the end of the day, air filter in the morning.
roostafish
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During qualifiers, I have only been able to do one tire in the 15 minute afternoon work period, then a filter in the morning. Of course, these are two day events, so it's not been a big deal, but I sure don't want to go six days on a front tire. I have also been using tubes, not mousses. I have recently really improved my tire changing technique with some nice tools though. I've been tempted to go with mousses, and just get four, so I can have them lubed up and installed in tires the night before.
SpeedyManiac
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At the ISDE you pretty much need 4 mousses unless you are just there to finish. If you don't want to drop time, you need to have 2 sets of mousses so they're pre-installed in the new tires.
Use new mousses and you don't need a rimlock, so changing tires is really, really easy. There's some videos around youtube and stuff showing tire changes, or get someone to show you at the races. Mousses are intimidating when you start out, but once you learn the technique (and get some big tire irons) you'll see how easy they are to change.
Use new mousses and you don't need a rimlock, so changing tires is really, really easy. There's some videos around youtube and stuff showing tire changes, or get someone to show you at the races. Mousses are intimidating when you start out, but once you learn the technique (and get some big tire irons) you'll see how easy they are to change.
whodat
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I knew a guy that used to put his wheel on a lathe and remove 2-3 mm of material, just on one side of course. He could actually mount the tire with out tools and I never saw him lose a tire in any way. He said this was a trick the isde teams used. Anybody know anything about this?
