The SECRET TO INSTALLING TUBELESS WITH A FLOOR PUMP (no air compressor or charger) | Syd Fixes Bikes
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- In this video we share our secret for installing tubeless tires with a floor pump. We've been using this trick for over 10 years and are always surprised that more people don't know about it. It works on mountain bike, road and gravel tires and doesn't require any special tools. And it's a life-saver for difficult rim/tire combos!
What you'll need:
Tire levers: bit.ly/3s4Ec8N
Floor pump: bit.ly/3sbOKCP
Valve core remover: bit.ly/2Xt0jYu
Sealant: bit.ly/38urN6b
Tubeless-ready wheelset: bit.ly/3ozxlSv
Tubeless tire: bit.ly/2N3GQvK (use code "sydandmacky" for 20% off)
Other things in the shed:
Our toolkit: bit.ly/337LfDf
Allen keys: bit.ly/2HpDW15
Work stand: bit.ly/3mTXStc
Tool pegboard: amzn.to/3mTYlLY
Syd's apron: amzn.to/345MbHz
Paint pens: amzn.to/2TpCL4u
00:00 Intro
00:19 What you'll need
00:30 Why should you do this?
01:29 Install your tire
04:22 The SECRET
06:36 Did it work?!
08:49 Installing tubeless with a floor pump in 1 minute
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I was struggling with tubeless installation and was about to take it to the shop. I watched this video and was able to do 4 tires in less than 45 minutes. Great work both of you!
This method is a lifesaver, I had spent nearly 2 hours of trying to pump up my rear tire with a small-ish floor pump, and I wasn't having any luck at all. I was about to go to the shop until I stumbled across this video, I seated half of the tire with my tire lever, pumped as hard as I could and BANG the other half seated like magic. If anyone is wondering whether to try it, trust me it works unlike many other tubeless installation videos. Thanks a lot to both of you.
“Easierly”…. And don’t forget the “sealant dance” 😆 …. Adorable.. I love it. 😂😂 You two are awesome! Thank you for the laughs and the pointers.
I’d prefer to live in a world in which “easierly” is a word.
It's a perfectly cromulent word.
😂
Having never mounted a tubeless tyre, I did two yesterday with just a cheap floor pump! Thanks for a great video!
There's nothing more beautiful then a wives annoyance of a husbands quirk (lining up the tire logo with the stem) ❤️
I was glad to hear this and my rule too lol. Maybe slightly different, the Max tyre pressure.
Love your vids just got back into the hobby at 40 and feeling young again when am out there on the trails
Thank you so much, I was struggling so much getting my new tyres on. Extremely helpful and are both an inspiration and a joy to watch .thank you guys.❤️❤️❤️
These are the best! The feedback brings up solutions other videos miss and you're both fun. Thanks!
just found your channel! Its so refreshing in the sea of other cycling related content! you guys have also really amped it up from your older videos. good stuff!
Thanks a lot for the video, you are amazing🙏🏻! Followed all the steps, tire popped and sits perfectly, no air loss or sealant leaking. Keep up the good work!
thanks guys I was precisley looking for this, and the fact that you guys are super was just a wonderfull plus!
Awesome tutorial! So well explained, and you make it look so much "easierly" haha than many other videos I've seen!!!! Thank you so much
I've been tooling around with bikes of all walks of life for years. Working commercially in bike shops and I even run my own shop now. But Syd and her repairs put a smile on my face every time! Keep up the awesome content guys can't recommend your videos enough! Fun, clear and bloody accurate! With the human touch too, showing that even the best aren't gonna get it bang on every time having a laugh and still getting there! More creators need to take a leaf from your book!!
Great lesson! With no prior experience, I was able to successfully install some new-ish tubeless tires on my mountain bike after watching this video. Thank you and well done 😁
Love the energy and format. Cheers, you guys...
I was also struggling with a tubeless install using an air compressor. Watched this video and was able to finish both tires in about 20 minutes. Great advice!
I can’t thank you enough for this video. I was at my wits end trying to seat a set of gravelkings. I was getting close to giving up , buying new tires, wheels, or heck even a new bike to stop the frustration. Worked like a charm, still had to use a compressor for the initial bead but I got it done!
I really struggled getting the second side to seat without unseating the first side on my gravel wheels with 25mm inside rim width, but once I finally got the first tire done the second was a breeze! Thank you so much for the fantastic instructional vid Syd.
Thanks a bunch! Just used this to help as i replaced a broken valve stem. Super great tips and love the channel.
Impressive Syd! Thanks for the tips!
I also tried successfully putting both thumbs on to of the tyre, pushing down and pulling the "bulge" of tyre out towards the edge of the rim. Your video saved a trip to bikeshop and $$$. Thanks😀
Fantastic video! Thank you so so much for taking the time to share that. It saved my next holiday as I'm moving to the tubeless tires now (although the wheels have always been tubeless-ready lol)!
Outstanding! I've always struggled getting tires inflated after unseating the tire beads either removing one side of a tire to fill it with Stans or today replacing entire tires with new ones. Your trick of using the tire irons to get the bead in place and removing the valve stems totally worked. What normally would have been a frustrating day turned into a fun 20 min.
great job Sid and thank you for this trick! I will try it next time.
Tubeless works so well, its nice to see a guide for the average rider at home! I set my tubeless system up with tubes for a couple weeks, before my sealant arrived. After I removed the tube and added the sealant and stem, I was able to seat the bead with a floor pump first try, front and rear! Having that tube in there to help shape the tire and bead to the rim seems to have helped quite a bit! The tire lever trick looks like a great way to dodge having a tube in there for weeks! Sometimes the tire needs to get mounted immediately!
This video has contributed more to my quality of life than I can adequately express. It worked like a charm with two 29+ tires the first time I tried it.
Great explanation and process description, thank you!
Awesome! Watched both your "Changing a tubeless tire" videos. Feel well-prepared to attempt this repair on my own. Muchas gracias!
O.M.G.!!! I was so skeptical, AND, not wanting to have to have a compressor. I thought there was no way my 59 year-old, super-abused and arthritic CMC and thumb joints could do this. BUT, worth a try! Once I figured out to go just little bits at a time with the lever during the pre-seating, all the struggle was over! The beads on my 27.5 Maxxis seated with maybe 30 pumps on the Joe Blow. Holy Cow - life changing! THANK YOU!!!
this video was extremely helpful, thanks guys!
Worked perfectly! Awesome trick and thank you for the amazing videos! You guys rock!
Thx for your great videos. Went tubeless with your previous video about tubeless, works like a charm. Done it on three pairs of wheels now 👍👍😁😁 only with help of a regular floorpump. No flatties yet, seen the fluid do it's magic a couple of times😁
Thanks so much, I had installed my first ever tubeless tyre and all went well, the second wheel was awful, now I have super pumped arm muscles, but the tyre is still not on. Until I saw your video, within 5 minutes it had popped on, great tip. Thanks again.
Excellent method and great vid! Love it!!!
Thank you. That was very clear and helpful.
You guys are my life-savers! Thanks a lot!
Part 4 is truly a secret technique. Thanks for helping me get my first tubeless tire done on my nomad(2.8” DHF)
THANK YOU!!! I was about to give up on tubeless. My Bontrager XR4 on Line 30 wheels and TLR rim strips was so tight it seemed impossible even with a flash can (all that Bontrager stuff should work great together, right? Nope). But seating the tire halfway around on both sides did the trick! Yours were the ONLY videos I saw with that "secret" tip, and I watched a lot of them. My sanity has been restored!
great job . happy new year
Thank you for this tip! Did my first time setting up tubeless today and your method worked on the first try!
This is amazing advice! I struggled for ages with no joy. 10 minutes after watching this video and I had a fully working wheel. Thank you so much!
Best video on this ever. How to get the bead on the channel with a tire iron was the key. 10 min after watching this I seated my toughest install to date. Thanks and subscribed!
Was about to give up the idea of riding my gravel bike tubeless. Gave your tip a shot, worked flawlessly! Thank you!
Some trick that I used to get one side seated completely: inflate with a tube, then get it out.
Great method, your previous video on this helped my tubeless conversion (it's been faultless since); and converted me to be a subscriber to the channel!
I just had to drop a comment to tell you both that this trick saved my ass. I fit some new Rene Herse Switchback Hills on my tourer since my old SBH's had run out of life, and while the old tires went up easily and without problem, the new ones were simply too loose to inflate. CO2, my tubeless chamber pump, nothing would seat them. I tried ratchet straps, I tried soapy water, I threw another layer of tape on the wheels. No dice. I tried this trick and it took me a couple of times to get the hang of it, but once I did it went up perfectly and easily. Went to the next wheel, nailed it first try. Thanks for the extremely clear and well shot video.
To anyone having issues with this trick, if your tires' beads are super difficult to get around all the way, the critical part is ensuring that you have both sides of the bead at the valve core well seated. I was able to get by with only about 8 inches of bead on both sides of the rim and then hit it with my floor pump and it popped right on.
One of the best mechanic tips I've seen! You saved me a trip to the bikeshop and I was able to get out for a ride when I thought I wasn't going to have enough time
Congratulations on doing your first tubeless set up Sid so proud of you
Absolutely splendid! I wondered whether this would also work with a road tyre and tried fitting a 30mm Pro One TLE on my new dynamo wheel. It was strenuous and I only got around one third either side but it worked immediately! There wasn't even a hiss and the tyre seated fully with a minor pop.
Thanks a lot the two of you and keep up the good work! 👍
Brilliant tutorial. I had already done several attempts to repair my deflated tubes and after this short instruction it appeared so easy and I repaired my bike flawless....
Sew dope!!!💪🏽 love this you guys 🙌🏽 thank you soo much
Thanks guys. This advice saved me! I have a new set up with baggy fitting tyres and Fulcrum's weird hookless system. I wrestled for two days trying to get a seal on the beads. After watching your video, I just slid a plastic tyre lever underneath the bead and pulled it round the rim to seat the bead. Got a good seal with the rim, pumped up first time! Nice hack!
Thank you so much for this video! It helped me do my first replacement of the back tire of my gravel bike. Granted, at first I was regretting my decision to have tubeless tires, but everything worked out in the end! Also, as a woman myself, I was happy to find a bike video where a woman was doing the repairs. Not all riders are strong guys that can just pop those tire on and off! :)
Love you guys SO MUCH! I've learned so much watching your videos.
THANKS SYD!!!!! Your video saved me a trip to my shop all the way across town. Got my wife to help me pump the tires to seat them in place. Woot Woot!
I watched your previous vid from the "field" and it helped me get my rims and tires converted from tubed to tubeless. PITA (Pain in the Arse) to get my 27.5 x 3" to get on the rims but I got it on my SE PK Ripper. Gonna work on my MTB next.
this is easerly the best video I've seen on doing this with a floor pump.. worked for me first try! thank you soooo much
Mind-blowing, extremely well-made video, love the summary at the end.
That works! I use it every time even with an air compressor... thank you
Spot on! Thanks a lot. Nothing better than hearing that satisfying POP!
My trick that I discovered by accident is to pump a bunch of "foamy hand soap" (brand doesn't matter) between the rim and bead around the entire wheel before you start pumping. The bubbles and foamy soap create a bit more "airtight-ness" while you are pumping and you don't need to be as sensitive about where the bead is on the rim - plus it's slippery. Warning: When the bead finally seats, "POW!" - foam will fly everywhere. It's actually kinda fun. Try it - you'll be surprised.
Yup this is how I do mine.. helps lubricate to aid getting tire on and helps seal the bead. Years ago I worked at a auto tire shop, each mounting machine has a bottle of soapy water lube to lube bead and prevents tearing the bead.👍
Soapy water is the real secret.
@@shaft3r1 nah
A brilliant video, many thanks.
This worked so well! Thank you
OMG what a lifesaver! I have a compressor and have used it to seat tires on rims several times - no problem. I just got new rims and I could not for the life of me get the tires to seat. This video just happened to be at the top of my suggested vids list when I got on to see if I could find some help. It took me a couple of tries to get the balance between getting enough of the bean manually seated and going too far and having it slip back in the channel but I finally got enough manually seated, hit it with the compressor and got the BANG, BANG of a fully seated tire.
Thanks so much for this. I really like this channel BTW. Very down to earth and unpretentious. Well done.
Thanks for posting this! I was struggling until I found this. Then I continued to struggle some more and finally.....POP! Success!!!
Wow, this was surprisingly easy. Thanks for the pro tip!
Worked like a charm!!! Thank you guys!!!!
This actually works!! Two gravel tyres done in quick time! Thank you 🙏
Thanks so much for posting this! I just installed my first tubeless tire without any issues :)
Thank you. Worked a treat
Works like a charm. Thanks
really helpful THANK YOU!
I've been using Race Face ARC 35 rims and Maxxis tires and they work REALLY well together using this method. I don't even need to make sure the hook and bead are that close to each other before trying to add air. A high volume pump also makes it easier, as previously mentioned.
I spent about 1.5 hours on one tire, even called my buddy who did the same conversion on the same bike, all without success. Your technique worked on the first try and I was done with both tires in less than an hour after watching your video. Thank you so much, I was about to give up and re-install the tubes!
Thank you! Really nice tip!
Very good tip, thank you 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I was having trouble mounting Vittoria Corsa Speed tubeless on my Hed Jet 60 wheels. Even with a tubeless specific pump, I could not get these tires to mount. So, I have just tried your ‘secret’ and BINGO ! My tires are now mounted. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.
This is totally working! Thank you for amazing video and tips, it worked the first time on both wheels! :-) With tire tool that I have it was very difficult to pull the tire, it slips off. So tried and noticed that if you manage to seat the tire 20cm around the valve on both sides it's enough to inflate it. I guess top priority is to seal around the valve so that it doesn't bleed out right away.
i didn't believe you...i doubted you. I said, "nah, my tire is different and harder". Then i tried this and it worked. I have never been more thankful for a YT video in my life. Thanks you two!
This worked like a champ! Thank you! BTW, I was throwing on a Vittoria MTB tire as well.
I just tried this and it worked really well!
Thank you so much for this! This helped me finally convert my Grail to tubeless even if it took ages to get the tires seated
Thank you! Even with the compressor I was having trouble with an offset spoked rim. This did the trick. Add a compressor to this technique for super easy install
Great vid. Thanks guys! Saved me a trip to the bike shop.
That technique looks awesome! I'm hoping to go more remote than before this summer & want to avoid forking out for a new pump & CO2 if poss. Gonna try it out and see how it goes, thanks folks!
This technique rules and ya'll did a great job explaining!
Glad it was helpful!
THANK YOU SO MUCH! There was some needless suffering but i got it done and learned some stuff!
Just saw this, worked perfect. Was stressing out. Thank you
Well, you live n learn!
Cheers for that one 👍👍👍
Thats awsome , i manage to do it with my hands pulling the tire the bid. Awsome guys, i ve been al town loking for a compresor and this worked as a charm. Thank you once again!
This works especially if you are refitting a previously used tyre like a summer tyre. So easy. Setting up with a tube first then dry, no tube, then removing valve core worked in 15 minutes when I was trying for a few hours previously. Thanks Syd! (Valve is easier to find using logo💯😊)
and... thanks to your video my son and I were able to seat two non-TCS tires on his bike. Thanks for the tips Syd and Macky!
'Easierly' the best video on the subject. Cheers guys, good tips!
Absolute legends. Can’t thank you enoght Ano this video is old but only recently got in to DH biking and wanted to go tubeless. So thanks again.
Thanx a bunch. Just install a new set of Rekon Race using your detail. Worked like a charm on my Scott Genius.
I'm now 2 for 2 using this tip. I do not have easy access to an air compressor, so thank you!!
This video gave me the confidence to have a go and it was easy! The Specialised tyres I had went on half mounted anyway so I just had to pump them up without the valve core.
When I have a hard time, I use an inner tube to seat fully one of the tire sidewall. Then remove the tube and you only have to seat one sidewall, It has never failed for me.
That's a great trick - it accomplishes the Bead Seating on the Rim Bead Bench (Syd&Macky TM ;) completely on side of the tire!
If your tires are tight, install a tube, put the wheel in a hot car or out in the sun. Thermal expansion does its thing and the tire stretches a bit. Now seat your tire WITHOUT sealant. Make sure it holds air for at least 15 minutes for reliability BEFORE you put the sealant in through the valve. .
KNOW that some tires simply don't work on some rims due to manufacturing tolerances. Reality just is.
Avoid WTB, nice treads, BUT their quality is inconsistent, suspect and not worth the price. We
see more issues and return with WTB than any other brand we sell. I only sell them to my customers
who insist. There are lots of tires actually worth their price!
@@rollinrat4850 agree with the WTB tires, even when you get it seated, with sealant, the sidewalls are thin and seep
@@EVM-YT Haha, Ive seen that with the non Tubeless tires I set up way back when tubeless was a DIY thing! I see that lots with WTB now. It makes a nasty mess. Their tires often fit real loose or really tight and show issues trying to get them to bead up and or seal. I Also see wobbly casings a lot. I see it with the better brands much much more rarely.
If WTBs cost maybe 1/3 less I might cut them some slack. They're not cheap, but the quality is.
It will when tyre is baggy fit.
That worked! Thanks!