Sur-Ron Tubeless How To

[slipperyclock]

Just ordered a Sur-Ron...well two. Where we live there is plenty of sugar sand and every other ride my bicycle gets a flat tube. There have been people claiming to have converted their Sur-Ron to tubeless but no information on how it was done. Does anyone have instructions or sources on how to convert it? I would like to go for a wider tire and tubeless. Thanks in advance and I apologize if this is the wrong section.

[paxtana]

It would be difficult to add a wider tire on the rear, you can go a little wider but making a significant width change might require dishing the wheel a bit to the left.


This link has a good comparison of aftermarket tires: https://electricbike.com/forum/forum...1602#post71602

This info is from the Surron owners facebook group. Definitely check it out, it is a very active group with a lot of people doing interesting mods. They probably have info on what other folks have tried for going tubeless.

[slipperyclock]

It would be difficult to add a wider tire on the rear, you can go a little wider but making a significant width change might require dishing the wheel a bit to the left.
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This link has a good comparison of aftermarket tires:...

This info is from the Surron owners facebook group. Definitely check it out, it is a very active group with a lot of people doing interesting mods. They probably have info on what other folks have tried for going tubeless.

Thanks for the heads up. I don't use facebook so i am SOL on that point. But I'm just hoping people utilize these forums more so we can have a repo of information open to the public. My main goal once i get it is going tubeless.

[JPLabs]

I'm with you on the 'no Facebook'.

Check out motorcycle or scooter articles about tubeless, it's basically about sealing the rim and making sure your beads will retain on the rim. Some use rim tape, some use rubber strips, some use packing tape, etc, but if you have good bead retention, you can make most setups tubeless.

[paxtana]

Fair enough, I don't use facebook either but from what I am told it is easily the most active place people are posting about Surron usage and mods.

You probably want to use aftermarket tires, slime, tubeless valves and rim locks. Rim tape also a good idea.

Would love to see the results.

[JasonVH]

[Markk]

Thanks for the heads up. I don't use facebook so i am SOL on that point. But I'm just hoping people utilize these forums more so we can have a repo of information open to the public. My main goal once i get it is going tubeless.

https://sur-ron.markkitaoka.com/

[Markk]

Just ordered a Sur-Ron...well two. Where we live there is plenty of sugar sand and every other ride my bicycle gets a flat tube. There have been people claiming to have converted their Sur-Ron to tubeless but no information on how it was done. Does anyone have instructions or sources on how to convert it? I would like to go for a wider tire and tubeless. Thanks in advance and I apologize if this is the wrong section.

I left you a link to the site I built when I left the Facebook group. One thing about the Tubliss device is OEM rims are 1.4" so you will need to shave down the plastic portion of the Tubliss block. I run Tubliss on both the front and rear. My front is a 1.6" 21er so I didn't need to shave down the plastic block on the front.

For a wider tire many people shave down the chain side of the tires. But I would suggest redishing the rear rim moving it slightly to the left so you get more clearance against the chain. Up to you.