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SILCA Platinum Rim Tape is the finest Tubeless Conversion tape on the market featuring a special Adhesive optimised for Carbon and Rough surfaces resulting in improved sealing on both Aluminium and Carbon Rims.
SILCA Platinum Rim Tape is the finest Tubeless Conversion tape on the market featuring a special Adhesive optimised for Carbon and Rough surfaces resulting in improved sealing on both Aluminium and Carbon Rims.
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Silca Platinum Tubeless Rim Tape : Black

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Silca Platinum Tubeless Rim Tape : Black

Brand:Silca

Code:PLATINUMTUBRIMTAPEBLK

The last few years have brought about some amazing changes in tubeless tyre technology. Over the last 2 years, the SILCA team and many of their frame building and industry partners have been frustrated by the state of tubeless valves and tapes since they had grown out of 2 distinct movements: Mountain bikes and aluminum rims.

These two lineages of Tubeless systems are at odds with the new owner's 15 years development of carbon wheels and rims, so as Silca converted and worked with the products on the market they decided that what was needed was a fresh approach, one that started with the rim surface and worked outward. The challenge with carbon rims is two-fold: 1. the rim surfaces are covered in a microscopic layer of mold-release, generally silicone based, from their manufacturing. This is a requirement as otherwise the carbon surface would permanently bond itself to the tooling during manufacturing. Trace amounts of this mold-release go with the rim when it is demolded and are nearly impossible to remove. 2. Molded carbon surfaces contain microscopic pores and airflow lines as a result of the manufacturing. When molding carbon, pressure on one side of the carbon laminate pushes out any trapped air to compact the laminate. All of this escaping air moves out along the interface between tooling and carbon/epoxy surface, so the rim bed naturally contains millions of tiny micro-channels left behind by escaping air, so sealing this surface requires a thicker and more flowable adhesive layer to fill in all of those nooks and crannies.

There are currently only 2 companies that make these types of tape, all of the tapes on the market come from one of the two, so to start, Silca wapproached both of them. They were able to quickly baseline the state of things and ask two simple questions: 1. What is the BEST substrate (tape material) you make? 2. Can we optimize the adhesive system to better fill in the carbon surface imperfections while using a system that wants to bond to the mold release?

The result of 2 years in the lab, is the finest 'Platinum Grade' substrate currently produced, which is both stronger than other tapes AND has higher elongation at failure (it stretches more before breaking). This rare combination (typically stronger things are more brittle) allowed Silca to make the tape 25% thinner while keeping the same strength. The thinner, more compliant tape is immediately noticeable on installation as it more easily conforms to even the most complex tire well geometries. Secondly, Silca apply a Fully Synthetic, Carbon Optimized adhesive 15% thicker than standard tapes which is just enough to allow the adhesive to flow into the deeper crevices on carbon rim surfaces for improved sealing. Best of all, this full-synthetic adhesive is also stronger on both raw and anodized aluminum surfaces.

The final result is a product that exceeds all prior products in every aspect except cost. Unfortunately, the finest tape backing material does cost more than the others, and full synthetic adhesives are more expensive than natural rubber based adhesives, but as the test manager from a major carbon Mountain Wheel manufacturer recently told Silca after testing the product, 'This is easily the best tape we've ever used. How many samples can you send us, everybody in the lab would like to 'test' it some more for you.'

  • €18.69
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  • $25.80
    AUD
  • $22.88
    CAD
  • $28.05
    NZD
  • $16.63
    USD
  • CHF15.11
    CHF
  • kr217.18
    SEK
  • kr2,341.18
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  • kr139.45
    DKK
  • kr183.08
    NOK
  • ¥2,567.26
    JPY
  • Technical Information
    • 25% stronger tape material allows for 25% thinner tape for better conformability to your rim
    • Full Synthetic adhesive system is stronger than traditional adhesives on aluminium and optimised to be up to 30% stronger on carbon surfaces
    • 15% thicker adhesive layer better fills porosities and surface imperfections for improved sealing
    • Reduced thickness improves tire installation/removal compared to thicker tapes.
    • 21mm Tape Fits 15c-19c Rims 25mm Tape Fits 21c-27c Rims
    • 2 Wraps of tape for Road Wheels 1 Wrap for Mountain and CX
    • 9m Tape Per Roll will Wrap 2 Road Disc Wheels 4 CX/29'er Wheels or 5 26" MTB Wheels
    • 2 Wraps on Road Disc Wheel = 9 grams 1 Wrap CX/29'er = 4.5 grams
    • Can be used as ultra-light rim tape with inner tubes (2 wraps required)

    Please Note: Tubeless tyres are required when converting to tubeless. Road Wheels with Rim Brakes can generate temperatures which may exceed the melting point of any rim tape. SILCA under no circumstances claim that our Tubeless Tape can make non-tubeless compatible rims Tubeless compatible. Please consult with your wheel or rim manufacturer before converting any product that is not already deemed Tubeless compatible for further instruction.

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