john

 
From May.
http://app.obra.org/posts/obra/show/43923

Summary:  No it won't work.  Maybe a steel bead with under 90 psi... , but certainly not kevlar.  it has to with how the pressure pushes the bead against the hook.  With a tube the "seal point" is different (down lower) than with a tubeless, so there ends up being more force pushing a conventional tubed clincher bead against the hook.     
 
Tubeless relies a lot on the hoop or circumferntial stiffness of the bead, thus the high modulus carbon fiber bead... so sort of  more like motorcycle or car tubeless  where there is no hook just a very very stiff bead. 

john m schmidt, pe
portland oregon

--- On Wed, 7/9/08, Andre Pinter wrote:

From: Andre Pinter
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Tubeless clinchers - fad or
To: obra@list.obra.org
Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 9:50 AM

Has anyone ever set up a non-ust tire tubeless for the road? I know that for
mountain bikes (which have their obvious difference of being lower pressure,
higher volume) a non-ust tire set up with tubeless is a viable option.

I've had excellent luck setting up a non-ust michelin tire on my shimano
xtr 960 era wheelset, with nothing more than sealant and a floor pump.
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