to everyone:

i've updated my first post to keep track of all these wheels. the reason i'm interested is that i feel it's time we paid some attention to tubeless for triathlon. i've been emailing back and forth with damon rinard and tom anhalt (thanks, you guys!) on what i've been finding are the pleasures and idiosyncracies of tubeless in general (i.e., for gravel, MTB, etc.), in preparation for a series of articles on this. they've helped me better understand this product category.

with vittoria (obviously), schwalbe and others starting to come out with some pretty impressive tubeless tires for road, it didn't seem to me to be relevant without knowledge of whether your prospective (or existing) wheels would accept them. so, thanks for your help in helping me update this.

Dan, this covers Zipp's recent tubeless offerings: http://www.zipp.com/...1do6ercpei26peheg14m

thanks. i updated the first post accordingly, assuming i understood that page correctly.

BladeX: it is a small but good manufacturer who is more reliable and higher quality than any other Chinese wheel maker and they have tubeless wheels:

https://www.bladexcycle.com/pro-carbon-cyclocross-cx-wheelset-60mm-disc-brake-tubular-or-clincher


All their wheels are tubeless ready except their disc and 3 spoke wheels.

I’ve been thinking about going tubeless on my jet 6 for a while now. So you had no problem with the nut clamping down on the fairing? The Silca 80s looks like a pretty good option so you don’t have to mess with any extenders. I’ve just always been leary about how much pressure it takes for the nut to seal down against the fairing. How was your experience?

FLO - their CCs and their "30" aluminum rim are tubeless

The claim their rims are tubeless, but the rim pictures all over their website say otherwise. There's nothing about their rim that's designed for tubeless applications. Compare the rim profile to all the others on Dan's list.

Dangle, this is the second time you have posted this based on internet reading. I do appreciate your concern. However, I don't think that you have, as you have said, ever used these wheels or know anyone who has. I have talked to riders who have used their wheels with tubeless tires.

Perhaps this additional picture of their rims will ease your angst,

The entire "Plus" line is "tubeless ready." You're correct that HED does an awful job making this clear. In fact the entire HED Web site is a disaster compared to Flo's site.

Didn't some one here try to use the H3+ tubeless with less then stellar results?

I think somebody issue was trying to use it tubeless without rim tape.

All FLO wheels are tubeless ready. That includes:

FLO 30
FLO 60 AC
FLO 90 AC
FLO DISC AC
FLO 45 CC
FLO 60 CC
FLO 90 CC
FLO DISC CC

AC = Aluminum Carbon
CC = Carbon Clincher

All FLO wheels are tubeless ready. That includes:

FLO 30
FLO 60 AC
FLO 90 AC
FLO DISC AC
FLO 45 CC
FLO 60 CC
FLO 90 CC
FLO DISC CC

AC = Aluminum Carbon
CC = Carbon Clincher

Have they always been? If I was able to buy some used/older Flo wheels and want to run tubeless what year would I need? Thanks!!