How to *easily* set up stubborn tubeless tyres
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- čas přidán 6. 08. 2024
- Sometime tubeless tyres can be a pain to set up, whether you know what you're doing or not. Getting a tricky tubeless tyre to seat correctly isn't always straight forward and it can be hard to know how to get a stubborn tubeless tyre to seal. I bought myself pump-up compressor to use at home and so far I'm super pleased with how easily I can now set my tyres up tubeless.
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Definitely so !
The pop pops are absolutely satisfying. I don't bother with the valve core or seating the tire first. I just put most of the tire on, dump in sealant, put the rest of the tire on, inflate it with compressor. if it doesn't seat i deflate it and spray some soapy water around the bead/rim area and go again. usually works.
I love the air shot, I bought mine six or seven years ago, it really works a treat! I also use tyre inserts on my MTB tyres, they really help with the initial seating.
I had a nightmare recently getting the tyre on, ended up using co2 to blast the tyre on but I bought one off these last week so glad it works ... great minds think alike 😊
Thanks Juliet! really enjoy your mechanic repair. Great to see your cycling adventures you make cycling so enjoyable to watch .Have a fantastic day!!
Definitely more mechanics stuff!!!!!!
Thank you for this. I had that Airshot in my shopping carts for the past few days and now I can hit purchase. Cheers!
I've been running tubeless on gravel, mountain, and road bikes for the last 7 years and the best piece of advice I can give a person, in regard to tubeless tyre set up, is to bite the bullet and buy a cheap air compressor right from the giddy up. I struggled for 2 or 3 years, setting up tubeless tyres, then I finally bought a compressor. It's definitely a game changer.
Hey Mark, this year I went a bit mad and bought a new road bike and gravel bike, of which both are tubeless, I think they are great! Can you please recommend a good compressor that you use that is available? Thanks
Best and most entertaining explanation I’ve seen. 😊👍🏼
Thanks for this Juliet, brilliant help!
Thoroughly enjoyable as always. Didn't know about AirShot tool. Such a simple idea, why didn't I think of this. Fan since your July 2020 wild swimming video. Beautiful countryside.
I have had amazing luck with hugo tubeless rims, Maxxis tires and a hand pump. Sometimes it just all works out quite well. I use extra sealant and care not about the extra ounces. I put my sealant in just before installing the last few inches of bead. I not longer have to deal with flats when riding, even in the thorny desert. Thanks for the video. A great way to start my day.
Great instruction video Juliet! I will getting that setup for my tires, going to do a Olympic triathlon hopefully this year! Hope you and your daughter are doing well. 🚲🥰
Thanks Juliet, a masterclass in the fitting a tubeless tyre; I've recently bought myself a Gravel bike to go with the Roubaix Roadie and have been considering going tubeless on both bikes. Your VLOG clearly outlines possible problems and the tricks of the trade to overcome them. Glad you're back, missed you videos...and you of course!!
Thanks Keith! I’d definitely go tubeless for the gravel bike if I were you. What did you get?
Hi Juliet, I got quite a good deal on a Planet X; On-One FreeRanger; it had been built for a Continental / US brake set up; so I saved near on 300 quid, hard to resist and I will swop the brake hoses over in the next month. When I think that for quite a while I was considering buying a Specialized Diverge Base Carbon, the £1.3K+ difference in price now seems quite extraordinary, especially as the FreeRanger has proven to be more than adequate for a world weary old sod like me (72 in May). Living on the SE tip of England we have great coastlines in each directions to ride along, especially Northwards to our favourite stop off El's cafe at Reculver. My other steed is a 2018 Roubaix Elite...best bike I've ever owned and ridden, Thanks for replying, looking forward to watching more VLOGS from you. Stay safe and ride safely too.
Definitely more of these videos ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nice educational vlog. Thank you.
Keep it up right Julie.
Cheers Bobby
Juliet is my go to for cycling tips and LOLZ.
Thank you for doing this video !
Juliet every one of your videos cheer me up, with your very relaxed approach. Some might say scatter brain but not me lol.
Great video Juliet! Thanks. I just got a new gravel bike and it is tubeless. As I am new to the tubeless world I am a bit concerned about what to do in the event of a puncture. It seems like patching/plugging a tubeless setup while on the road seems harder than a tubed setup. I would love a video on tubeless punctures! Thanks
Check out the MilKit system. Works great and even has one-way valves so you can check and top up sealant without fully deflating a tyre.
Great stuff
Awesome video. Seriously considering doing mine after 3 punctures tonight. Keep up the great work👊thanks
Thanks Mark!
Same way I do it.....it seems to work a treat. I've even done a couple of bikes with non tubeless rims but with tubeless tyres with no problems.
I have a Barbieri track pump with an air chamber compressor type of thing on it and it's fine.
I work on my bike in my living room all the time,"great minds", great video,🚴🏼♂️👍
I went with the Joe Blow booster pump, not cheap but saves pumping like a crazy fool trying to seat a tyre.
It is a dream. One of the best bike related purchases I ever did since tubeless was invented.
Saves so much time and hassle.
Great video, wish I’d seen it before going tubeless on my bikes.
Nothing wrong at all with working in your home, I even cook in my workshop!
Great video. I’d recommend a Top Peak Joe Blow pump. Integrated pressurised canister. Super simple. Also recommend using electrical insulation tape as a first layer, to cover the holes in the rim. Then a layer of tubeless tape, like the pink stuff from Muc-Off, to seal it all in. A better set up than two layers of rim tape as it’s easier to remove should the need arise.
Made my own airshot for my MTB from pipe and fittings "borrowed" from work. Works a treat. I use soapy water, careful using washing up liquid it's corrosive. Apply it with a 1/2" paint brush to get right in the bead. Works a treat😁! Tubeless definitely a game changer👍!
Great video Juliet, I love the humour your bringing into it .You are a fabulous independent lady, bravo !!!!.PS working in the house with a sheet on the floor I`ll bet is soooo relatable with a lot of cyclists !!!!!
Very useful video 👍
Pop pop! Good to see how it's done as my son has a bike with tubeless tyres. More handy mechanics would be great, thank you.
Really useful video that's pretty much the way I found works best too. The only thing I do differently is put the soapy water on before putting the tyre on the rim, it goes on easier and I am paranoid about marking the rim and ruining the sealing surface. For the pressure in the tyre it is usually half what you filler the air tank with give or take some leakage when first seating. Also I work on my bikes in the house too, nothing wrong with that 😀😀🚴
Thanks so much, a tricky job made easy ,!
Thank you for the video! I am trying to get the confidence to take my salsa tubeless. This helped :)
100% same boat. Just bought the Poseidon Redwood which comes with tubeless-ready rims but with tubes, and the tubes don't feature a removable valve core so I can't get Slime in there. Now wondering if I should bother with getting new tubes or going tubeless.
Good luck!
Top tips Juliet.👍
Cheers
Just made the switch to tubeless and it’s a whole mixed bag of success and failure. The first wheel was amazingly easy, managed to get it to inflate with a track pump. The second wheel was a complete bugger to do. Ended up ruining my track pump, I fairness it was old. Bought one with a charge cylinder and inflated the tyres but it kept losing pressure. Ended up retaping the rim and using a different bung grommet on the valve. What a nightmare, but definitely worth it.
Thanks for sharing your tips 👍🏻
Great video but anyone else thinking “hang on, the tyre didn’t actually seat until after Juliet put the sealant in (as evidenced by the popping sounds) so why faff about trying to seat it first?”. Personally, I leave the valve core in and put the sealant in through a gap between tyre and wheel rim, put the rest of the tyre on then inflate - works every time and much less faff.
Yup getting some tyres on tubeless rims is a battle. Mine was Specialized ground controls and stans rims.
It's a 2 man job for those Stan's!
i agree with my namesake Definitely more mechanics stuff!!!!!!. Please more mechanics stuff videos, was great like all your videos.
Thank you for sharing
Great vid Juliet, some really good points... I had to change a tyre last minute and the new tyre would not bead on the rim at all!! I used the 'old coke bottle' trick, same as your Airshot basically, and worked a treat!
How’s that work? What do you do?
@@JulietElliottsChannel So you take an old 2L coke bottle, put 2 holes in the cap and screw in 2 tubeless valves, which i had spare luckily. You then remove one on the cores from the valves, and insert a tube, I used an old brake bleed tube which has the clamp on it, and attached the other end to the wheels' valve. Now attached your track pump to valve that still has the core in on the bottle cap, and with the clamp closed on the tube inflate the bottle to 100psi, which is a little scary, then release the tube clamp and the air rushes into the tyre and 3 lovely pings sound, tyre beaded! This vid is where I saw it - czcams.com/video/EtmatxJG_zg/video.html
I use the big-daddy compressor I have for the 30 inch all terrain tyres on my Hilux. Just have to be ready to hit the off button when the bead seats, as it moves so much air it'll blow it clean off the rim if you're not careful. It can inflate the 4 inch wide tyres on my fat bike to 80psi in about 4 seconds!! That air shot looks like it's a much more sensible way of doing it (though I do quite enjoy the mild peril of my way...)
Morning... Such a cool tutorial... Yayyyee...
Well done an easy to follow vid for tubeless install 🍺
Fair Play Juliet 👍👍🚴♀️
Thanks for making this and all of your videos- I find it super inspiring to see a GIRL working on bikes and I'm learning so much!
Yes, it's almost like cooking and cleaning. Transferable skills for a GIRL 🤣
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Great video as always... yet I found plenty of reasons for me to further steer clear of this tubeless hassle :-)
I have one of those boosters and I use a cheap air compressor (for cars) to pump it up to about 85 psi, then hand pump the rest of the way. I find I need ~140 psi in the booster to seat a road tire reliably.
Education that's fun. How nice.
I think it's awesome you work on your bike in your house!
wow
thank you for sharing!
My pleasure
awesome , thank you .
You’re welcome
that worked a treat
Good video
Thanks
Great video as always - thank you. Might I suggest safety or sport glasses when handling pressurized equipment ;)
i had a whole bunch of trouble getting my tyres to seat in to the bead, they just would not..... i took the advice of another utuber and used soapy water for lubrication (as you) and a CO2 jetvalve (after removing the valve core). That's the tiny handheld CO2 injectors. It worked a treat first time on both tyres.
I’ve used those before and sometimes they’ve worked. Other times not though! Good thing about this (apart from the price) is it’s reusable
@@JulietElliottsChannel yeh, different things work for different people and tyres. It's got to be down to the personality of each tyre, those bloody rascals.
Nice
Is it just guess work to know how much air to force in via the airshot? If your tyres say max pressure 70psi and you shoot in 120 psi to seat them, is that ok?
Hi Juliet, can you inflate straight onto a Presta valve. I have been used to putting the sealant in the tyre first. But the syringe looks less messy!!
Do you know how much sealant you need for a 27.5 mtb tyre?
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thanks!
Brilliant thks
Hello, I have one question. How value of pressure you have in the tank? This is quite important I think 😃. I prepared to the tubeless and I have almost everything, last think I have do do. The tank to the air shot...
this woman is off the charts on the cuteness scale...
When you seat the tire, did you have a valve core installed? Wouldn't it be easier to seat this way? I need to change a tubeless tire on my gravel bike soon, trying to figure out the best way to do this.
Can you do a video of how to remove tubeless tires? I always struggle after as they are just soooo tight!
Could you do a roadside repair video. In the house and warmth is fine but what scares people is non sealing punctures mid ride
Yeah, good shout. I’ll do that
I got distracted thinking about whether either (1) the use of the cat’s former syringe means the tire will resist getting hair balls or (2) if you reuse it for your cats will that result in them becoming “sealed?” Also, have you discovered the channel about Luna the Black Pantera (Leopard)?
Another great video. I have tubeless with tan sidewalls. The sidewalls leak sealant such that they are somewhat white on the exterior of the sidewall. I replace the Orange Seal sealant about 2-3 months as it has all leaked out. (The sidewalls look very unattractive.) I don't imagine this is normal, but would appreciate your thoughts. Cheers!
Len, that seems to happen a lot with tan wall tyres, i guess the material is more porous? Not much you can do other than stop using them or top up every now and then
@@JulietElliottsChannel Juliet, Thank you for the info. Much appreciated.
Thanks Juliet. That was really useful. Really keen on more bike mechanic and maintenance videos please. One question, is there any risk of damaging gravel tires rated to a max of say 80 psi when using the Airshot at 120 psi to seat the bead? Many thanks.
Cheers! Hmm, good question. I don’t know the answer but I’m gonna ask WTB and find out
@@JulietElliottsChannel Great. Much appreciated.
@@edwardkemp7246 It shouldn't be a problem because of the difference in volume. If for the sake of argument the tyre is twice the volume of the Airshot then the tyre would only end up with half the pressure and that is if all the air went from the Airshot to the tyre. In reality though the air would stop going into the tyre once the pressure in the tyre was equal to the pressure in the Airshot so it would be lesss than that. Not a very clear explanation but hopefully you see what I mean.
Doesn’t seem likely to be an issue. If the volume inside the tyre equals the volume inside the air shot tank then when you release the airshot the pressure will roughly halve in filling the tyre. That assumes the tyre seats and you don’t lose any pressure from tyre or tank. You should be ok with the tank at it’s maximum rated pressure. I’d be wary of using a large compressor not designed for bike tyres and blowing tyres off rims. That could be dangerous..l
Sorry just read response above which covers basically the same point.
Great video - I'll try the soap suds next time! What are the tyres you are using?
Thanks. These are WTB Raddlers
@@JulietElliottsChannel Thanks Juliet - I'll check them out.
Where can I get that cassette 11 speed?
I had the air shot but swapped it. You have to keep unscrewing it off the valve to fill it up then screw it back on. Get one of the integrated track pumps. More money but much more efficient.
You don’t have to unscrew it, you just close the large valve (on the canister) pump it up then let it fly again
@@JulietElliottsChannel my bad it's obvs been updated since I had it. 👍
Like it my mate has lent me it to test, I will be buying one 🙂makes life easier, I will stick to doing outside or in the garage as my other half will kill me if I did it inside 😂😂
My tires are tubeless and they have been on for two years as I've been terrified of changing them out for different tyres (for different conditions) as I haven't got a clue what to do about cleaning out the old sealant - or is the secret just to clean out the easy bits and leave the rest of the dried up gunk in there?
Wash with soap and warm water. Works perfectly well for my Stan's sealant. Try to remove all (if not, as much as possible) of the old stuff.
Hey Juliet, Great vid again. When you swap your tyres around, do you reuse thr sealant or put fresh juice in?
answer is in the vid
@@rrosomasa just re-watched it without missing it. Thanks 😀
I know you like the Raddlers but have you tried Senderos?
Good vid Juliet 👍. Although in true Juliet style you lean soapy wheel against nice wall several times and I’m cringing inside 😬
I don’t like this paint so I’m gonna repaint it anyway!
Morning!!!
Good video and of course you're always adorable to watch !
It's my house and I like bikes, sooo.... If I didn't already love you! haha
During that video I caught a sheep, sheared it, spun the wool and knitted a new inner tube :'D Oh and I ate a carrot :) But other than that an entertaining video, like always.
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Takes up to 3 hours to take the tyres off my rim...
It's me again! Did the Airshot come with the adapter to use without the valve core? Thanks:)
Yes
@@JulietElliottsChannel Thanks Juliet - I've ordered one. I think I will need to re-tape the wheel but will give it a shot with the Airshot first:)
You can get a bike pump that doubles tubeless tyre seater. It has a inner chamber press a button and it dumps the air in one hit
I've never used tubeless. How is it when you get a nail/screw/glass through the tire on a ride when you're out in the middle of nowhere?
Bring a spare tube I guess? Thanks for the informative video.
From experience getting a puncture with a tubeless isn't great, I think motorbikes and car sealants are a lot better where you won't even notice a puncture. Even a small puncture on a road bike will spray sealant everywhere so you have to stop and wait for it to seal a bit. The pressure will drop really low but it will get you home unlike an inner tube. Unless you want to carry an inner tube, tyre levers and pump on every ride I would prefer tubeless but I hate how much effort they are to install and maintain like topping up sealant. Not to mention how much all these extras add up to
How do I tell if I have a bad tire? Redone my tubeless set up 3xs. Got the pop for stealing & go for a ride & it goes flat within 3 miles?? Hmmm
I wish I was such a good mechanic as you do. I barely can do a proper chain cleaning. Is that true we need to add sealant at least once a year?
The more you do it the better you get. Making mistakes is all part of the learning process so just give it a go. I’d refill the sealant more often, personally
@@JulietElliottsChannel Thanks. I need to learn more mechanics. I want to travel long distance with my bike and most know how to fix it. Thanks for the tip about the sealant I haven’t add any yet for almost a year. ✌🏽
Another way that works for me is to set up the tyre with an inner tube and then break one bead to get the tube out. Reseat the tyre and inflate to seat it and then add the sealant through the valve.
I wish Jules was one of my mates. Drinking a pint of John Smiths in your honor!. :P Ayoop from Leeds.
Cheers!
I hope you don't mind but I posted a link to this video on GCN Tech channel who have just done a simular video, because your method was/is slightly different in that you use that boost bottle thingy :-)
PS ... They have 400K+ viewers so you might get a few more :-)
Perfect video of why I will run tubes as long as I can.
YES to more mechanical stuff! Educational and fun to watch.
Just don`t touch the brake rotors with greasy hands anymore please.
Nice to see you using a split infinitive in your title - don’t ever let the grammar police tell you it’s wrong! 😁👍
Cant it over inflate tyre as its 120psi+
I think i will stick to tubed tyres its so simple if you get a puncture. Ive seen so many in a mess with tubless when they get a flat. And they do get flats
Of course the exciting bit is fighting to get the tyre on and off. Recently totally buggered a aluminium rim trying to get it back on.
There's that blue paint wall again...I don't reckon it's too shiny. (Haven't painted mine yet)
A tool like the Airshot is invaluable, I think. Expensive, but worth it for the reduced aggravation. Or if you’re a bit cheap like me, you can make something similar from a 2 litre pop bottle, valves from old inner tubes, and aquarium tubing.
That sounds interesting do you just stomp on the bottle for a shot of air to inflate?