Mavic Ksyrium S Clincher Road Wheelset

[Person]

Hi there.
I'm going to be buying a Mavic Ksyrium S Clincher Road Wheelset and want to use innertubes with them. Since they don't have any rim tape and no spoke holes, would I still have to use rim tape with using innertubes.

I'll be going tubeless soon when the tyres I have wear out.

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[Gunk]

I’ve used them without rim tape

 

[Yellow Saddle]

No rim tape needed, but make sure your sealant does not contain ammonia. That corrodes the rim if you don't have a plastic liner in there.

 

[Big John]

Every day you learn something new! I've built loads of wheels but never a tubeless one so when I read 'no spoke holes' I thought how can that be? It has spoke holes but not in a conventional way but what a faff to get a spoke nipple in place. I'll remember in future that if I'm asked to build a tubeless wheel to run a mile. Some of our threads are a revelation 👍

 

[T4tomo]

if using inner tubes, its sensible to have some sort of rim tape or strip of insulation tape in there, to guard against any sharp, rough bits e.g where bits of metal are joined, that could compromise your tube.

 

[Person]

Thanks for the replies, much appreciated.

 

[fossyant]

Every day you learn something new! I've built loads of wheels but never a tubeless one so when I read 'no spoke holes' I thought how can that be? It has spoke holes but not in a conventional way but what a faff to get a spoke nipple in place. I'll remember in future that if I'm asked to build a tubeless wheel to run a mile. Some of our threads are a revelation 👍

Depends on the rim, many tubeless still have spoke holes to enable building. It's the OEM stuff that often doesn't.