Easiest way to add lube to your tire BIB mousse
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- čas přidán 29. 07. 2020
- Lack of lubrication of your tire mousse is the main reason for extreme heat which is the main reason mousses fail. Riding through water can add water inside the tire. Riding on pavement adds heat. You should always ensure that there is lube. Normally you would have to break the bead to get access to add lube but with this method you can add lube every few rides to ensure you have enough.
Nitromousse nitro mousse nuetech Michelin bib - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Great idea Thanks! I like the input from your kid, makes me miss my kids being young.
Two minds alike. Cut two tubes to both front and back mousses thinking of not only this but also to help remove water from the inside of the tire. Been instaling mines with pork lard. It's effective cheap and natural. 😄
I really like the idea! I had to share because this is genius.
A very good idea, Thank you!
Awesome your kid is helping!
Cool, will have to try that I already have the valve stem installed as I use it to help seat the bead with my Nitro Mousse. Thanks 👍
Love it
We've been doing this for years. We use a tubules tire valve stem which is a little larger than this one in the video and requires you to drill a larger hole in the rim. We dont run the valve core and use a metal cap. We take a small piece of PVC pipe that we can fill with lube. Much like how they put slime in 4 wheeler and tractor tires. Use compressed air to put in the tire.
Seem to lube enough? Enough lubricant migration throughout the tire?
@WFO Dave - What is the advantage to larger tubeless valve stem?
@@JHNguyen89 It allows you to put lube into the rim without removing the tire. The process is similar to how they put slime into a 4 wheeler tire as well as water in tractor tires.
Is the 1/4" ID or OD, thanks
My friend suggested this. Definitely gonna try this what lube are you using?
Nuetech lube is cheap from RMATV if you order like 6-8 tubes at a time, or go to Napa and their "Sil-Glyde" is identical and priced well per Oz.
Making it more practical. Does adding extra lube help on hot highway rides?
Highway is typically hotter than dirt (black vs brown) and friction is high so those two add more heat which is death to the mousse foam. So keeping it lubed is going to help, but if you ride tons of highway even w a lubed mousse, don’t expect it to last either way.
Cool idea. When you’ve broken the tire down, have you noticed if the lube gets distributed pretty equally or does it kinda stay in the area where it’s pumped into?
It get distributed in just a matter of seconds when you ride. Matt at Nuetech actually has said you don't have to coat the mousse, or tire, simply dump it all in at one spot, and it'll get distributed as soon as your weight is on the bike and the contact patch presses it around, filling the voids.
What do you use for lube? Is there an alternative less expensive lube that doesn’t break down?
I buy it in bulk from RMATV when I happen to have an order for something else. Avoid shipping charges. Their price for “NMLUBE” is the cheapest I’ve seen. Other people use soaps but they don’t last. The big bucket from ZipTy is a soap too. So no, no other silicone based lube in that price range as RMATV w free shipping. ($4.85/tube)
Great idea, doing this how many hours can you get out of a mousse life. Also how many hours can you add to the Mousse, great video!
If I don't go hard on the highway, a lot more. When I took it to 70mph on the highway during a (not a race) race, I cracked one up all over. Mine just shrink. I'm on the same front mousse 2 years now, with it simply shrinking and me using an older mousse to keep adding larger wedges. It's nearly too small TBH and I have a brand new front/rear mousse and tires ready to go on. Hours? oh i dont know... I guess I could look, but everyones riding is diff. I am probably 2200mi on this front mousse with wedges added. Keeping it lubed, dont ride highway fast and generally cooler riding is key. The heat is the worst thing to these mousses. I hear Michelin BIB last longer than these Nitromousses, but you pay more.
Thank you for the very detailed answer and I will take this information and utilize it to extend the life of my mousse. I’m sold on this technology and never having to worry about tire issues in the woods. Have a great night.
how often you add lubricant
If I ride through water, I would probably add some every 2 rides. if I ride happen to put some highway miles on them, I would probably do the same. Otherwise, I go a bunch of rides. I typically see lube come out the side of the bead on my tires. If suddenly you stop seeing that, it's probably because you have no more to come out :)
Aeron Gray it seems to me there is no point in lubing up the bib and tire before install and making a mess of my entire basement. Why not install dry and add lube once everything's together???? Are we going place here or what!?!?!?
Matt at Nuetech said u can do that to be verbally on the phone. He said people don’t like to read that you can do that so they wrote that you smear it on the tire, on the mousse etc. He said u could also just dump it all in one spot (same logic as adding it afterwards w this method in the video) because the moment you put your weight on the bike and move it around it’ll squeeze the lube everywhere. Any left over surplus lube will be forced out wherever is the lease point of resistance (spoke hole under tape, wheel lock bolt or right at the bead).
@@aaronmgray right on man. Now I gotta find some old tubes!!! Thanks for the video. I'm done pulling tires just to lube!!!! Have fun riding!!!
Why bother with the “core” ?
You make a good point. The caps I have are brass or some gold-looking metal with a built in oring under so they may keep everything in, zero leakage. Dunno, but cool point
Core let’s you use air to pop the bead on if the tyre is awkward