January 1, 20179 yr Co2 canisters are your friend then. This will work. I prefer to put the sealant in after the tyre has seated though. If you put the sealant in before the tyre is seated, then the pressure from a co2 canister or Airshot can lead to you being coated in the sealant.....
January 1, 20179 yr My preference is to add sealant through the valve once I'm sure the tyre has seated. If I had attempted to use sealant before hand I wold have wasted a lot of money.
January 1, 20179 yr I'm almost at my wits end trying to go TL, even with a TL rim and tyre can't get this s**t to set up. Can get the tyre to pop on but when I remove tube just can't get the one bead to seat, my track pump is not able to produce enough volume. Easy Start and a match ?
January 2, 20179 yr Easy Start and a match ? For some reason im scared of using tubeless tyres. Maybe if you know what you are doing it should be fine using that type. MS.
January 2, 20179 yr i got sick of pumps and just bought a cheap air comp off ebay for ten quid I bought good size (70lpm) 12V one from local car parts shop. Run it off a gelcel battery as it is easier than use car to power it. Will inflate tyre to 60psi in 30sec, also useful for wheelbarrow tyres and topping up car. The small ones (10lpm) will work but take forever and may not do a tubeless tyre.
January 2, 20179 yr For some reason im scared of using tubeless tyres. Maybe if you know what you are doing it should be fine using that type. MS. Me too, tubes and slime.
March 3, 20179 yr Author As some of you might know I'm a bit of a street trials fan, and have recently been taking quite an interest in Ali Clarkson. Watching his YT channel, I just spotted the following about running tubeless. A very convincing test. If you don't want to watch all of the clip, skip to about 9.30 onwards. I might well try the liquid latex idea on the plus size bike if things don't pan out. Edited March 3, 20179 yr by EddiePJ
March 4, 20179 yr I started off with tubeless in my all mountain mtb a few years ago. Now all 5 of my bikes are tubeless, my road bike included. I've tried switching normal tyres to tubeless with mixed results. Now out of the 5 bikes only the front tyre on my hardtail xc bike is a normal tyre converted, the rest are either use or tubeless ready. Bloody amazing stuff
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