Big Wheel Racing
Stan’s NOTUBES Clinic
24 Hours in the Enchanted Forest – A Race to SolveCFS
Lenny Goodell of Big Wheel Racing gave a Stan’s NOTUBES clinic on June 18th at the 24 Hours in The Enchanted Forest – A Race to SolveCFS. This is the second year for this event which is a benefit for SolveCFS. SolveCFS is part of The CFIDS Association of America, the largest and most active charitable organization dedicated to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), which affects more Americans than multiple sclerosis (MS), AIDS or lung cancer. This year’s event had 322 registered racers comprised of 82 soloist and 65 teams. It would be great to have Stan’s NOTUBES as an official sponsor of this event in 2012.
Lenny demonstrated to approximately 30 people the installation of 1) A tubeless ready tire on a high end tubeless ready rim 2) A tubeless ready tire on an older standard rim 3) Stan’s valve stems on both rims and removed cores for inflating 3) Stan’s yellow rim tape on the older standard rim.
Some of the questions Lenny answered were: 1) How much Stan’s sealant is required? A) 2-4oz, depending on the tire size and if it has previously been mounted with Stan’s sealant 2) If I get a flat while riding can it be re-inflated with a hand pump without putting in a tube? A) Yes as long as the bead isn’t broken and the sealant seals the puncture 3) On deep standard rim, do you need more than one wrap of the yellow tape? A) Yes for some rims such as the Bontrager X-Lite rim, which was used in the demo.
During the event one of the female riders had a flat and didn’t want to install a tube. So along with a few other female attendees who watched the clinic they successfully remounted the tire with a floor pump and techniques demonstrated during the clinic to re-seal the tire. They were very pleased with their success… 
Below are a bunch of the pictures taken at the clinic:
Full set of pictures at: https://picasaweb.google.com/goodellpublic/BWRStansClinicAt24HITEF2011?authkey=Gv1sRgCLCbhJOZ5NqBdQ#
