Nothing. If they are fully tubeless and have tubeless valves and sealant you'll have to remove them. If they are tubeless ready there is absolutely nothing to do.I have my eye on some used bontrager wheels. But they are set up tubeless - what would I need to do to go back to traditional inner tubes ?
One caveat, some of the higher end bontrager wheels use a plastic liner instead of rim tape to provide the tubeless seal, it's very very good, but a complete bugger to remove and you'll struggle using it with tubes - it's doable but not ideal.
https://www.trekbikes.com/gb/en_GB/...er-aeolus-comp-5-tlr-disc-road-wheel/p/23860/One caveat, some of the higher end bontrager wheels use a plastic liner instead of rim tape to provide the tubeless seal, it's very very good, but a complete bugger to remove and you'll struggle using it with tubes - it's doable but not ideal.
I didn't know about the Bontrager rim strip but the fact that they list
I'm curious.One caveat, some of the higher end bontrager wheels use a plastic liner instead of rim tape to provide the tubeless seal, it's very very good, but a complete bugger to remove and you'll struggle using it with tubes - it's doable but not ideal.
I'm curious.
I'm trying to visualise this. If this seal just does the same job as rim tape why/how does it make it a struggle to use tubes?
I've used tubes on a taped tubeless rim no problem, so obviously it's significantly different to just tape.
And if it's hard to use tubes with it, does this undermine the "if you get a big tyre cut then just put a tube in" approach to on-road repair?
And what happens if you break a spoke on one of these wheels? Do you (or the person who does your wheel repairs for you) have to remove the seal to get to the nipples, then reinstall a new one?
I have my eye on some used bontrager wheels. But they are set up tubeless - what would I need to do to go back to traditional inner tubes ?
This article is 10 years old so may be out of date but I think it describes the seal that @Chislenko and @si_c refer to above. It's interesting ... if you're interested in this kind of thing. But if you aren't ... it isn't.
https://cycletechreview.com/2012/road/bontrager-tubeless-wheels/
yes in theory, but the issue with a tube is, it can then be a tight fit getting the tyre on, as there is less rim well to push the opposite side of the tyre and tube into to get the last bit of tyre on the rim.Can't you just bung a tube in and leave the plastic tape in there to protect the tube from spoke / nipple interference?