Can I convert wheel to Disc brakes

[Cycleops]

I think you maybe getting a little confused. Your rims are likely 'tubless ready' meaning you can convert them with the right kit. I don't think your bike is kitted out with tubeless unless it's been converted.
The old style tubeless tyres were stuck to the rims and the tyre included a sewn in innnertube.

New gen tubeless tyres use a dedicated rim and valves with a sealant that is injected into the tyre which seals the tyre and provides puncture resistance.

 

[T4tomo]

https://www.halfords.com/bikes/moun...ike-2020---grey---s-m-l-xl-frames-351766.html

If you bought it direct from Halfords, it is not set up tubeless. if you bought it of some f@@ked up bloke in Camden Town, it might be.

Don't buy Schwalbe marathons, they are road commuting tyres that cope with a bit of track and towpath, get something like one of the two I linked above, depending on the extent your off road ambitions. the tyres it comes with are for very very offroad.

 

[Mart79]

The rim on my bike are quite thick to accommodate the wider Tyre, as much as i would love to put a 1.75 tyre on, and do actually have a couple of 1.75 tyres, would they sit on the rim properly? I don't want to go out on the bike then get miles from home and them pop off and have no way of getting home.

 

[Mart79]

I think you maybe getting a little confused. Your rims are likely 'tubless ready' meaning you can convert them with the right kit. I don't think your bike is kitted out with tubeless unless it's been converted.
The old style tubeless tyres were stuck to the rims and the tyre included a sewn in innnertube.

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New gen tubeless tyres use a dedicated rim and valves with a sealant that is injected into the tyre which seals the tyre and provides puncture resistance.

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I have no idea haha, I was actually going to try and put the 27.5x1.75 tyre on the wider rim wheel off my Carrera earlier but noticed the tyre is glued to the rim so assumed it was a tubeless tyre.

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

Are you sure? Your description so far doesn't tie in with tubs. Any photos?

 

[Mart79]

https://www.halfords.com/bikes/moun...ike-2020---grey---s-m-l-xl-frames-351766.html

If you bought it direct from Halfords, it is not set up tubeless. if you bought it of some f@@ked up bloke in Camden Town, it might be.

Don't buy Schwalbe marathons, they are road commuting tyres that cope with a bit of track and towpath, get something like one of the two I linked above, depending on the extent your off road ambitions. the tyres it comes with are for very very offroad.

That's the bike I bought yes, and yes they do look very very off road. in hindsight probably should of read the description of the bike properly, and even researched it to make sure it was suitable for my needs, as looking at it now, it isn't, it needs slimmer tyres. I will make a note of the tyres you linked too earlier. I think I'm probably going to go for the 2nd link, looks a smoother faster rolling tyre.

 

[Mart79]

Are you sure? Your description so far doesn't tie in with tubs. Any photos?

Sorry, you've confused me, Photos of what?

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

Resorting to Google, I haven't seen any mention of tubular tyres. The photos I have seen all have either tubed or tubeless tyres.
I would be very surprised if a bike of this spec and age was supplied with tubs.
Let's have s look at the tyres/rims.
Tubs just seem weird.

 

[Mart79]

Resorting to Google, I haven't seen any mention of tubular tyres. The photos I have seen all have either tubed or tubeless tyres.
I would be very surprised if a bike of this spec and age was supplied with tubs.
Let's have s look at the tyres/rims.
Tubs just seem weird.

https://www.halfords.com/bikes/moun...source=skimlinks_phg&utm_campaign=phgreferral

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

That makes no mention of tubular tyres. It mentions increased puncture protection. Nowhere does it mention tubular tyres, or even tubeless tyres.
A search on this forum for this bike reveals several threads about the tyres. None of them mention tubulars.
Sorry, but I do not think your tyres are glued onto the rims. Tubs are old technology and budget bikes are unlikely to have them, if only because the target market wouldn't have a clue what to do with them.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

@Mart79

Have a read of the post by @Cycleops above, there's a terminology thing going on here:

1. "Tubular" tyres, AKA "tubs" are glued to the rim. You do NOT have those (normally used only for track bikes and specialised TT bikes or similar, never for MTBs)

2. "Tubeless" tyres are like car tyres, but have sealant in them, not glue. The sealant fills any slight leaks where the bead sits on the rim so it's airtight *without* an inner tube.

3. Standard traditional set up, sometimes called "clinchers", where an airtight inner tube sits inside the tyre.

It's not clear from your link if the bike is (2) or (3). I suspect (3) at that price point. Rather than glued to the rim, it's likely that the tyre has just stuck hard - that's not unusual. Rims are often labelled "tubeless ready" but actually fitted with tyres with inner tubes.

 

[Mart79]

I intended to try and put the 1.75 tyre on the rim of the carrera, I deflated the tyre, then attempted to move the tyre enough to ply the tyre off the rim, but couldn't move it like you would normally be able to remove a tyre with an inner tube.

 

[Mart79]

@Mart79

Have a read of the post by @Cycleops above, there's a terminology thing going on here:

1. "Tubular" tyres, AKA "tubs" are glued to the rim. You do NOT have those (normally used only for track bikes and specialised TT bikes or similar, never for MTBs)

2. "Tubeless" tyres are like car tyres, but have sealant in them, not glue. The sealant fills any slight leaks where the bead sits on the rim so it's airtight *without* an inner tube.

3. Standard traditional set up, sometimes called "clinchers", where an airtight inner tube sits inside the tyre.

It's not clear from your link if the bike is (2) or (3). I suspect (3) at that price point. Rather than glued to the rim, it's likely that the tyre has just stuck hard - that's not unusual. Rims are often labelled "tubeless ready" but actually fitted with tyres with inner tubes.

Come to think of it, when i did deflate the tyre you could actually hear what was probably an inner tube deflating. so, yeh, probably (3)

 

[Mart79]

from that, can i realistically put the 1.75 tyre on the thicker rim.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

I intended to try and put the 1.75 tyre on the rim of the carrera, I deflated the tyre, then attempted to move the tyre enough to ply the tyre off the rim, but couldn't move it like you would normally be able to remove a tyre with an inner tube.

Probably just stuck a bit. Definitely not glued. Have another more forceful go.

I've no personal experience with tubeless, but my understanding is that once deflated you need a super whoosh blaster thingy* to get enough air in all at once to reinflate and seal, so you've probably got inner tubes in there.

*I believe that's the technical term**
** One of these