Finally got out for the first ride on my brand-new Jet 9 - liking the bike, but really missing my tubeless setup. Has anybody done a ghetto setup with the niner house brand rims?
Had a 2013 Spec Camber Comp Carbon and these wheels, especially the hub, look very similar to that wheelset which was an oem Roval. Weight is even spot-on. Good tubeless wheel, durable, but a little portly. Average engagement at best with a 3 pawl hub.
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Took a look at the rim profile and measurements, and started looking at the molded plastic rim strips that Bontrager uses. The conclusion: the Rhythm 29 rim strips seem to work pretty well so far with the Niner OE wheels!
I definitely needed a compressor to get the (OE Schwalbe Performance Racing Ralph) tire to seat, but it popped on there nice and solid without soapy water or anything, and seems, w/ 2oz of stan's to have sealed up better than the actual tubeless-ready tires (Conti Pro-tection) I mounted on my old WTB Frequency rims for my wife... No issues at all at 30 psi, will be going lower next ride (and getting the rear set up - hedged my bets and only picked up one strip).
Cool, thanks. Debating between building up an air 9 alloy or buying the xt version. The only thing that makes me skeptical of the xt build is the house brand wheels. Did you weigh them by chance? I emailed Niner with a couple questions about them but haven't gotten a response
I did not weigh the front. I'm going to be off the bike for a few weeks, and will hopefully be doing the rear during that time, I'll try to remember to weigh it while I've got it stripped down.
Just about ready to pull the trigger on the RIP 9 Carbon 3 star XT build and was curious about wheelset. Tubeless set-up easy w rim tape?? Durability ??
Just about ready to pull the trigger on the RIP 9 Carbon 3 star XT build and was curious about wheelset. Tubeless set-up easy w rim tape?? Durability ??
Yeah,
Set em up using Stans and Botranger tires. According to LBS the Nobby Nic's on the RIP 9 RDO aren't tubeless. So far so good but only have about 50 miles on them.
Quick chime in on this. I have a set of the niner xc wheels that came with an RLT Steel Rival. I have been running Crossmax tubeless on it, but those wheels are headed to my sons bike. I was thinking about going back to the niner wheels and setting them up tubeless, but I was worried about a difference between the cross/gravel wheels, then on the MTB wheels. Anyone tried to build up the RLT niner wheels tubeless? I am running 40 mm WTB tires on it now btw.
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