[Phillbo]

I'm getting tired of the hassle of Presta valves and running tubeless so i want to convert to Shrader valves.

I assume it's just a process of drilling the hole out a little bigger but I may be over simplifying it.

Any way to tell if this can be done on my rims? I have the DT Swiss 520SL 29" rims.

Any have experience with this conversion? Recommended LBS I can take them too?

 

[Phillbo]

Now I know why you don't like going tubeless... If you had Stans Rims something tells me you wouldn't be switching back to tubes...

I'm not planning to go back to tubes. Just getting tired of the rim tape getting messed up when I pop the bead to add more stans as well as the presta valves getting so clogged up that I can't add air if needed.

 

[Phillbo]

Do the stans stems allow you to inject the sealer in without popping the bead?

 

[Phillbo]

Do most LBS carry these?

 

[Phillbo]

They get clogged up with sealant and also require that you pop the bead of the tire to add more sealant.

I'm all thumbs and more times than not I mess up the rim tape in the process.

 

[Phillbo]

where did you get the presta with the removable core.

 

[Phillbo]

no flat spots on my cores so i need to get some removable ones in there.

 

[Phillbo]

awesome .. thanks guys.

 

[Phillbo]

obviously the wrong ones. When I bought the bike the LBS threw in the tubeless conversion as a part of the deal.

 

[Phillbo]

Really they should have provided removable cores as part of the tubeless conversion. As you can tell from most of the replies here, it really makes little sense to go tubeless without removable cores. That makes tubeless SO much easier. I bought my first tubeless setup in 2002, and the bike shop that did it (Adventure) installed removable cores, even back then.

Bob

Yeah, you live, you learn. I've been breaking the bead to pour in the sealant for 2 years now. Can't wait to make this change.