| Posted: Apr 21, 2016 at 3:31 | Quote | | I am building up a 24' bike for my daughter, trying to make it nice and light, so am considering tubeless. But I am struggling trying to find any 24' MTB tyres that are tubeless compatible (I am a tubeless virgin so any help would be gratefully received).. |
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| Posted: Apr 21, 2016 at 6:11 | Quote | | toys19 wrote: | | I am building up a 24' bike for my daughter, trying to make it nice and light, so am considering tubeless. But I am struggling trying to find any 24' MTB tyres that are tubeless compatible (I am a tubeless virgin so any help would be gratefully received).. |
you'll be lucky... I've used a 24' rear on my ride since 2007 (its a throwback freeride build) and finding 24' mtb tyres in 2016 is not easy in my experience- it can be done though. Maxxis who I use, produced a 24' High Roller and I've had the most luck on eBay finding the odd place having a clear out or private sale. That tyre is certainly not 'tubeless ready' but I'm led to believe you could do a ghetto set up on it although I've never tried personally. Also,try searching for MTB Trials tyres and MTB unicycle fans (yes, seriously) as they tend to still favour the 24' wheel. Be prepared to look at EU retailers too, I've been lucky with finding new un-used tyres (I have 2 spares only) in the UK but they are becoming rarer than rocking horse sh*t!
edit: Halo wheels still produce 24' tyres but they are on the heavy side. good luck! |
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| Posted: Apr 21, 2016 at 8:07 | Quote | | Cheers, apparently with the Stans rims I am using any good tyre with sealant should go tubeless. |
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| Posted: Oct 30, 2016 at 23:57 | Quote | | 6 months later and I can report back.I used Schwalbe Black Jack 24' tyres, they went up fine with an Airwave Airblast tubeless track pump. They leaked like a US presidential campaign, many, many small pinholes in the tyre sidewalls. However after a week or so of pump and spin in various planes they sealed up and have been sealed ever since. Pro tip - set your tubeless up a week before you need it.. |
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| Posted: Oct 31, 2016 at 0:14 | Quote | | toys19 wrote: | | 6 months later and I can report back.I used Schwalbe Black Jack 24' tyres, they went up fine with an Airwave Airblast tubeless track pump. They leaked like US presidential campaign, many, many small pinholes in the tyre sidewalls. However after a week or so of pump and spin in various planes they sealed up and have been sealed ever since. Pro tip - set your tubeless up a week before you need it.. |
Ha! Nice to hear and thanks for reporting back. Weirdly since this thread was created, Maxxis have re-introduced the 24' off road tire with the Minion DHF which is a pretty impressive choice fro the groms and old schoolers like myself.. |
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| Posted: Oct 31, 2016 at 1:07 | Quote | | Yeah seen that, I need to get the kids to try those. |
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| Posted: Aug 9, 2017 at 17:42 | Quote | | nickkk wrote: | | toys19 wrote: | | 6 months later and I can report back.I used Schwalbe Black Jack 24' tyres, they went up fine with an Airwave Airblast tubeless track pump. They leaked like US presidential campaign, many, many small pinholes in the tyre sidewalls. However after a week or so of pump and spin in various planes they sealed up and have been sealed ever since. Pro tip - set your tubeless up a week before you need it.. |
Ha! Nice to hear and thanks for reporting back. Weirdly since this thread was created, Maxxis have re-introduced the 24' off road tire with the Minion DHF which is a pretty impressive choice fro the groms and old schoolers like myself.. |
Maxxis lists these as wire bead, so I presume NOT Tubeless Ready...
Schwalbe Fat Albert HS 401 TR 24x2.4 may be the ticket... |
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| Posted: Apr 9, 2018 at 5:23 | Quote | Hey all.
Looking into the same issue myself. Son's just gone 6 and he's running Red trails well. Bagged two in Wales last week.
Going for the Stans rims, nothing else really about that looks to save weight. Probably some Hope hubs as the kids bikes do get neglected with maintenance and this should pay off in the long run. May use some really light weight spokes as he is only small and its not about building strong wheels (yet...). They are 32h too on a 24' rim.
I've found the Maxxis to be looking good, not TL but I reckon with the posh rims it would be a go.
https://www.maxxis.co.uk/catalog/tyre-491-18-snyper
Give me a shout in a month or two if you dont here back from me and I'll let you know how they work out and what sort of weight saving it was. |
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| Posted: Apr 9, 2018 at 7:36 | Quote | For my son n’s Diamondback Splinter 24, I installed Minion DHF front and Maxtion (made by Spawn Cycles) in rear; both 24 x 2.4 tubeless. I am using the new Finish Line sealant w/ kevlar particles. These are on a Spawn tubeless ready wheelset.
On the spare wheels I have a Schwalbe Big Betty 24x2.4 front and Rocket Ron rear 24x2.2 set up with tubes as they did not work on the stock Diamindback rims. |
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| Posted: Apr 10, 2018 at 9:48 | Quote | | Vee make the Crown Gem tubeless ready in 24' and 20' sizes. I have the 20' version on my daughter's bike - works great! |
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