RNG1
Well-Known Member
Got some info that may help others out there. I run Stan's 355 rims with his Crows and have not really had any issues...until the Bullldog rump where I burped out most of the air on my front tire on a downhill and ended up costing me more than just the race. I emailed Stan himself just to ask if he felt due to the really soft rubber on the tires if that causes easier burping and he said the opposite is actually true, that the harder the sidewalls the more air will burp, which does make sense if you think about it. Given that I hadn't really had any issues all season I was going to just write it off to being that place being particularly hard on tires. He said to really eliminate burping he has found that using the Olympic rimstrips in addition to the yellow spoke tape that comes with his rims. I just got them today but it will be a few weeks before I can really put it to the test but I thought this might be helpful to people.