Ghetto Tubeless – Fat Bike

Following some chat with @ispydafly following my short post on ghetto tubeless I promised to add some detail on going ghetto with my fatbike.

As usual the internet has plenty of links to people who have done it before, I ended up trying 2 methods.

Ghetto Tubeless

I’ve been running slime-filled tubes since renewing my acquaintance with a mountain bike in Botswana, but after a pleasant 20km ride and 4km walk decided enough was enough: time to go tubeless.

I tried it once before but on old non-tubeless specific tyres and there was too much leakage through the sidewalls. To be honest they [...]

Two Mines and a Cement Factory

Took a Sunday morning ride around the industrial heart of Botswana’s North-East District: a long loop taking in Tati Nickel Mining Company’s Phoenix Mine, Galane Gold’s Mupane Mine and the recently resurrected Matsiloje Portland Cement factory.