R2 wrote:
Hi guys - i am slowly preparing myself to jump into tubeless. I was obviosuly drawn to silca sealant as it seems to be one of the few that work in high pressures. Now i have seen reports that it "eats" the rim tape and for that reason Silca does not recomment DT swiss tape - however i cannot see any recommendation which tape is fine.
Anyone can point me in the right direction?
My silca sealant clumped up 90% of the carbon fibers. Now it's basically, as far as I can tell, stans sealant with occasional fibers (I think a lot of the sealants come from the same source and the different companies just add various additives to differentiate).
The carbon fiber stuff is a real pain to deal with. My suggestion to silca is to include a packet of the fibers separately. Add them dry to the inside of the tire, then fill their sealant through the valve stem. I assume they don't like that because people will just buy the fibers and then buy the cheaper stans. Happy to be wrong Silca, but for the love of spilled sealant everywhere when installing Conti tires on HED rims, please let us mix the carbon fiber separately.