Rail (750Wh) Bling innit….

[Dave_B]

 

[Paulquattro]

Very Yellow
Cool thou

 

[Stihldog]

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The AXS bling …oh yah!

170 or 150 dropper?

 

[Dave_B]

150. It’s OK, could ideally use a 170 but it’s what came with the bike.

 

[Stihldog]

. I was able to fit the 170mm reverb into my medium Rail (just), but It sure cleans-up the cockpit. I’ve got the Lyric 170mm forks on mine …but I think that’s all I need (for now). Very nice looking ride.

Btw…your brake levers are backwards .

 

[Dave_B]

She looks beautiful! What rims are those?

Bontrager Pro Line Carbon. the most user unfriendly rims I have ever had. I cannot get tires on them. I have to do the walk of shame to the bike shop. The middle channel in the rim is very shallow, no matter how hard I try, I cannot get the tire on. I would need 4 hands.....

 

[irie]

Mellow Yellow.

 

[Dave_B]

Had the same issue with Maxxis tires also. It is most defiantly the rims. I’ve never had this problem before with any other rim regardless of tire brand.

 

[Doomanic]

Have they got the plastic rim strip? If so, ditch it and tape the wheels instead.

 

[Dave_B]

These wheels don’t need any rim strip or tape.

 

[Bndit]

It’s the Schwalb tires man!!! I’ve needed me and my friend to seat them on bontrager aluminum

Schwalbe tires are easy to fit without tools, at least Super Gravity ones, I haven't tried Super DH's...at least o Roval/DT Swiss wheels...

 

[flightrisk86]

I'm digging the theme of that bike.

 

[irie]

Bontrager Pro Line Carbon. the most user unfriendly rims I have ever had. I cannot get tires on them. I have to do the walk of shame to the bike shop. The middle channel in the rim is very shallow, no matter how hard I try, I cannot get the tire on. I would need 4 hands.....

I had a problem getting tyres onto new rims until I remembered a tip I read somewhere. Which was to smear a little tubeless sealant (I use Muc-off) onto the inside rim walls. Then the tyres, with help of some Park Tool tyre levers to hold the mounted part of the tyre in place (and a bit of bad language) slipped on OK.

 

[rzr]

Bontrager Pro Line Carbon. the most user unfriendly rims I have ever had. I cannot get tires on them. I have to do the walk of shame to the bike shop. The middle channel in the rim is very shallow, no matter how hard I try, I cannot get the tire on. I would need 4 hands.....

maybe you have plasticky tape there? i have alu bontrager (rail 9.7) and I spent 1h trying to mount used Magic Mary (good levers, water with soap, even zip ties), with no avail. I removed that plasticky tape and put standard thin Stan's yellow tape, from that point, installation was a breeze, 10 mins.

 

[Dave_B]

There is no tape, the Bontrager Carbon rims have no spoke holes.

 

[SandroRiz]

There is no tape, the Bontrager Carbon rims have no spoke holes.

Are you sure? I have the Line Elite 30 carbon and they have. But maybe the Pro don't...

I had the same walk of shame to my shop trying to mount a MM and the first thing the mech did, was to remove that black plastic -I didn't notice, I was also convinced they were without holes- and substitute with Dt Swiss Tape. Mounted in few seconds (he... not me!)

 

[Dave_B]

Interesting. You made me google and check and it looks like you are right, they are taped…….lol. Look so much like they are not.

Bontrager Line Pro 30 TLR Boost wheelset review - MBR

At less than £1k for the pair, these Bontrager Line Pro 30 TLR wheels are some of the cheapest carbon wheels you can buy that don’t come direct from China.

www.mbr.co.uk

 

[Dave_B]

The reviewer also states it took him an hour to get a tire on

 

[Rob Rides EMTB]

I fit 2 DD tyres last week on these rims by hand only - didn’t have any tyre levers at all. Was one of the worst and most annoying jobs ever. Took 1 hour to do.

 

[SandroRiz]

Interesting. You made me google and check and it looks like you are right, they are taped…….lol. Look so much like they are not.

Bontrager Line Pro 30 TLR Boost wheelset review - MBR

At less than £1k for the pair, these Bontrager Line Pro 30 TLR wheels are some of the cheapest carbon wheels you can buy that don’t come direct from China.

www.mbr.co.uk

Second shame?
You're not alone... took a pic and sent to my friend...look my wonderful "all-carbon-noholes-no-nipples-rims" !!!

 

[JP-NZ]

That looks great @Dave_B. Well done

 

[rzr]

that's that plastiky tape

if you like spending hours, bending/snapping levers while mounting tires, and not be able to change inner tube during your ride....
... just keep it