How To Fit Tubeless MTB Tyres | Mountain Bike Maintenance
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- Upgrade your bike by fitting tubeless tyres. They're lighter and less likely to puncture.
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Tubeless tyres have many advantages, including the fact that they're really difficult to puncture. They can also be a bit lighter than standard setups.
Here's our guide to fitting a tubeless system using rim tape and sealant (such as Stan's) and presuming that you have a tubeless ready tyre. This isn't the easiest job in the world - you'll really need to put your back into it to get the tyre to seat - but we guarantee that the results are worth it.
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Here's one more trick to seat the bead. Actually an off-road motorcycling tip. Once both sides of the tire are on the rim, use a ratchet strap, rope or even a tire tube and attach around the mounted tire. What you're doing is essentially pushing the center of the tire tread inwards evenly around the rim, which in turn forces the beads outwards against the sides of the rim lessening the opportunity for air to escape while pumping up.
The tube method might be a good one (haven't tried it yet, just thought of it) because it would create good inward pressure while also expanding in diameter as the tire is being inflated keeping consistent even pressure.
Sean Knight This! i have a strap in my toolbox for exactly this.
Top tip, worked for me when I couldn't be bothered finding my soapy water sprayer. I think it's the reduction in the volume of the tyre that does it.
Definitely a go to in our shop, I'd say I have to use this trick on most fat bike conversions I do plus some standard and 27.5+ mtb tires that are just a poor fit.
Iâve done the same trick on tractor tyres
Best Mtb channel I've seen. Humor, technical skills and mechanical skills all in one package. Thank you so much Gmbn, I've really benefitted a lot from this channel.
Cheers
ryan tan Thanks for the comment and glad you like it! Neil
+Global Mountain Bike Network You can also pull a tie-down down tight around the circumference of the tire to force the bead out to the rim while you pump the first bit of air in. Cheers, Jeff
Global Mountain Bike Network I've just bought a Scott Spark 750 with tubeless ready tires, what is some requirements that you need to do when inflating and maintaining these tires ( first time I've ever had tubeless).
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@Sethsbikehacks is awesome
During a recent trip to Moab, Utah, I got a rip in my tube, but I didn't realize what had happened, because my tire and rim were both tubeless ready, and I was using slime tubes. I kept hearing the air occasionally come out, but it was always coming out through the valve hole (not the valve itself). Eventually, the tire went down completely, so I had to change the tube (thinking the hole was at the base of the valve stem). When I got the tire apart, I saw that there was about a 3cm gash in the tube, so it wasn't holding the air at all (tire was fine), and all of the slime had gone from the tube into the tire, and I was effectively running a tubeless system without the tubeless valve (hence the leaking out the valve hole). We called it "Ghetto Tubeless" since it had lasted for about 2 to 3 days like that. It was effectively tubeless with the weight of a tube in there just for fun.
I had been resistant to going tubeless because of the mess (self healing tubes keep the mess inside the tube), but after having to deal with that ghetto tubeless, I realized that actual tubeless would likely be fine... which is why I'm back watching this video. I've never set up tubeless before, but I bought my valves and sealant, and I needed the tips on when to add the sealant and how to seal the tire. My first tire is now aired up and back on the bike, and I'm about to do the 2nd.
Thanks for these how-to videos. Even if I don't need them when you post them, I know I can find them when I need the advice. :)
This guy looks like the Richard Hammond of mountain bikes.
Oh shitt hello from the future đłđł
He looks more like Gary Neville to me.
What an insult to this guy heâs great
PREPARE YOUR RIM
Line the valve up with the middle of the logo it looks neater!
Very important tip is to clean your tires with isopropyl alcohol, so it actually seals and there's no dirt in your sealant
Do u need 2 buy tubeless tyres?
Don't know if this has been mentioned, but:
Use the compressor to lock the tire bead on the rim before you think about sealant.
I take the valve core out (always stans valve) then use the compressor to pulse air through the valve stem. You want high pressure, like 80lbs.
Don't attach the compressor to the valve, just use a graduated 'nozzle' on the compressor so you can direct the air in. Hit it with high pressure til you hear the bead pop on once or twice.
You don't want to blow the tire off the rim so after it seats, back off and let the air out. The bead is still seated. Then hit it again with the graduated nozzle til you hear the bead pop on once more. 3 pops usually means the bead is on.
If you have a decent rim and tire you are good. Inject sealant into valve stem using the stans injector. You don't have to make a mess...
I've done it many ways but this is the best I've found. Tellung people to use a hand pump to seat a bead is cruelty. Stop it.
I agree with the compressor. You can buy a compressor for the same price as a good track pump. I have never been able to seat a tyre with a track pump. But I do use the track pump, after the compressure has seated the tyre, to bring the pressure up to pop the bead. A compressor can put 100pis in the tyre (think exploding carbon rim!) and I want to see and control the pressure with the track pump.
seems like the best way to do it. My local shop had to do this for me. Worked like a charm.
I still have a wobble in a new tubeless setup i just did, so will most likely release the air and try it the above way you mentioned. We just mounted this most recent one with a simple compressor (el cheapo one), so a "shop" quality one should work better
Good clear instruction. No waffle, no time wasting, no swell heads. 10/10. đđ
Punctured a tube yesterday first time out on the new whip! So watched this and committed... Awesome, first one was a little tricky to inflate but second one went on a treat! Used track pump too! Cheers Neil and GMBN!
Very helpful! All bike mechanics I've talked to have told me a compressor is a must. I'll have to give a floor pump a try!
Replaced my tyres after watching your video and so stoked! Great video. Going out next week to give them a go. Thanks Neil!
Life saver of a video!! If it hadn't been for your tip on inflating with an inner tube to bed the one side of the tyre I NEVER would've gotten my conversion to work. Thank you!
Great video. I followed this when converting to tubeless for the first time. Worked a treat. Cheers GMBN.
Great video. Thanks to these tips i got my conversion done in ~20 mins without any leakage or problems. And that was with a pretty low volume track-pump. Helped a little that my tyres pretty much held the seal even without any milk to begin with...
Great video, really useful. Managed to get my tyres to pop on using my Co2 pump then topped up with my track pump.
Thanks for the tip about removing the core of the presta head. Helped me finally get it sealed.
A little trick I picked up from Stan is to tape the rim and then put a tube in and tire on and pump it up for an couple of hours, then take the tire and tube off and the rim tape adheres perfectly to the rim... then put the back on and pump it up until the bead(s) set, deflate , add Stans and re pump... works everytime....
Daniel Folta A slight improvement on that: Get a ROAD tubeless tyre and use a road innertube. Inflate to 100 psi and leave overnight. This will flatten the rim tape down perfectly. You have to use a proper road tubeless tyre if going above 50 psi. Anything else risks a dangerous bead blow-off. I have used this method on my last 2 sets of mountain tubeless wheels. I have also experienced many bead blow-offs in the past. Injuries include: sprained thumb; temporary deafness (the noise is colossal!). I once had one Hope rear wheel spin in the air and throw it's freehub and cassette in my direction!
Thanks a lot. This video gave me the confidence to give it a go and yesterday I converted to tubeless at home with very little fuss. I wasn't able to get the tyres to seat as my floor pump is a bit dodgy, but luckily I have a Presta to Schrader valve adapter so a quick trip to the nearest petrol station and I was done.
Thanks for putting videos like this together, really helped me to set up tubeless.đđŒ
Thanks Neil! I'm now running tubeless after a half hours work! I like you're style of explanation, you don't overcomplicate shit. my kinda guy! đ
Thank you for this! Thought it was going to be way more complicated and expensive but after watching it was really quite straight forward to do :D
Great video as always thank you. Just done mine now. An Airshot pump made it so much easier to get the tyres to seal. Instant pop- pop then undo the valve core and reinflate. Shook the fluid around lots and went for a quick ride.
Great video, I have had success sealing a tubeless tire with a hand pump. This is only when refilling the sealant though. I've found it easier to do when adding the sealant through the valve core because you don't have to completely break the bead. I recommend doing this with the bike on a stand though because then there's no pressure on the tire and again helps the tire maintain that bead even when it doesn't have air in it. Thank you for all the videos you do, they're awesome!
Now that is one nice shop!
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I bought a small co2 fire extinguisher recently. Emptied it and opened it up and then drilled a 6mm hole in the bottom and put in a presta valve cut off and old innertube. This lets me pump up to 160psi with the track pump then i attached a hose and nozzle off an old track pump to the nozzle of the fire extinguisher. This then easily fills two full tyres and seats the beads almost instantaneously. It just sits in the bottom of my toolbox and i use it whenever i am blowing up a tubless tyre. Just don't store it pressurized.
***** No problem I'll send you one when I get home
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another awesome vid. Thanks GMBN, I normally kick back after work with a jug of water and watch stuff on CZcams, and yours is some of the best đ BTW RYDER a South African cycling tools and accessories manufacturer makes a great foot pump called the "RYDER Air Tank" it's a normal foot / floor pump with an air tank built into the vertical piston housing. The presta / schrader valve adapter has an inline shutoff valve. So to seat a tyre, you pump the "pump" up to 240psi, connect it to the wheel's valve and open the shutoff valve, and the tank discharges a few gallons of air into the Tyre in an instant. Same effect as a CO2 bomb. works real nice for me so far
I had watched another video where it said to ensure the bead was seated before pumping.
I nearly tore my hands apart with a tyre level trying to get the bead seated with super tight tyres.
My mate sent me this video and it worked first go. Thanks,
Great video dude. The inner tube to seat one side of the bead trick worked for me! Track pump only required.
Yay i did my first fitting today by hand pump and it worked well so far no leaks no air loss
Much easier than I thought, I got it first try. Thanks for the video.
I added latex paint and did excellent job,I did my research and both paint and sealant share similar stuff after one month still running good
Fourth video I've seen on this channel. Fantastic job in every case :)
Loving this channel! So much good info and filmed very well.
The inner tube tip is definitely worth to be tried! Thanks guys đđŽ
the don thank you so much for simplifying the whole tubeless set up
I'm a french MTB fan, and your chain is very good and complite !
Bonjour ;-)
Just found this channel....what a great video....clear, to the point and very helpful.....đđđ
great video and also great channel, I just switched to tubeless, tomorrow I'll ride tubeless for the first time!!
Nice one Neil, just convinced me to switch to tubeless
thnanks for all the tips the extra rimtape did the trick
Thanks, that tip when the tire doesnt fit helped alotđ
Thanks for the inner tube trick just had a nightmare to get my new tyre to sit and bead properly but the inner tube method worked in the end absolute nightmare đ
Excellent easy to follow instructions
all your vids are superb. thanks for all that effort...
Gonna give this a shot, thank for making such an awesome video, gives confidence that I can get it done
I love it thanks so much u explained it so well I haven't went tubless yet but want to!
Great video, very specific. Easy to follow, very clear. Thanks mate
Dan Davison mentioned using rubber bands around the tire but that mad me remember an old trick we used on motorcycle and atv tires when they wouldn't go on. We would take an old tiedown (ratchet type seemed to work better) and put it all the way around the tires and snug it up then start adding the air and those stubborn tires would pop right on. never needed to do that with a bicycle tire but I've never done a tubeless conversion yet either.
I work at Revolution Cycle in Edmonton, Canada (originally from the UK), and we discovered another trick for getting the tire to inflate. We stretched a few rubber bands joined together around the tire to help make a tighter seal and it worked a miracle! I was using Specialized tires on Syncros rims and they fit pretty loose; before the rubber band trick there was no way they were going to inflate, and we had a compressor! Hope this helps.
My maxxis dhr2 wouldn't seal the bead so I had to install an inner tube first and that worked.
Thanks for the tip
Brilliant instructions - quick and clear, ta!
Cheers Neil! Helped me loads đđŒ
It would be nice to see another video, that goes in depth about problems seating the tube.
Glad you have done a video about this I was just asking whether it's a good choice to go tubeless
Thanks, after a few of your videos. Convinced to go tubeless as mtb already fitted with tubeless rims. đ€đ
Reminds me of working in quickfit when those tyres pop lol, they should've brought out tubeless years ago !!
Hi Guys
I have done a few conversions myself. The first one I did was with a 24" inner-tube that functioned as my "rim-tape" (you cut it open) on a 29" rim; works like a charm seeing the sealant seals very nice with rubber on rubber then.
Thanks so much for the advise regarding the popping of the Bead. Good tips and will defo's come in handy in the future!
Top Channel!
Albert de Vries This is a good method. I use 20" Schwalbe inner tubes. Even the Schrader valve ones have metal threaded valve stems.
Thanks mate - great vid! I'm new to tubeless - so this was a godsend :)
+adventurecraig we wouldn't run anything else, glad we helped!
About to change my first tubeless tyre so I hope itâs a FAF to get on.
Top video. Hope it's that easy when I do it!
Great clip, everything worked first time!
nice one!
Brilliant video - thanks GMB!
Went tubeless this month never going back
Thanks GMBN
I just did lol
Just did a tubeless setup on my Jam2 with raceface AR30 offset rims, it finally worked without a booster or compressor when opening only one side of the rim. Most importantly the offset side, this way, you don't have the holes of the spokes underneath the rim tape letting air trough when pumping. will leave them overnight on 35 PSI and see what it is the result in the morning. could hear any hissing after rotating the wheels for some time.
Thanks for the information it was easy to understand well done guys.
So recently brought my first proper bike (santa Cruz 5010) was led to believe it was tubeless but it wasn't had to make it so after a puncture so again thanks for the help!
Thanks. Great vid. Having a crack at mine in the morning after two many pinch flats.
you can also pull a tie-down down tight around the circumference of the tire to force the bead out to the rim while you pump the first bit of air in
If GMBN visits places I'd really want them to come to my school because there r some people interested but have no idea what they do so if neil,Blake and Scott comes they can teach us some stuff
That compressor though!
Good stuff worth watching!
This is what i was waiting for
Definitely one of the best đ
Recently I have been binge watching your videos there amazing
Great to hear :)
cs's workshop same
You helped me a lot thank's
Need to try this
it have help alote for me, thanks ! if possible could you make a video of how to dissemble a full mtb bike and assemble it back?(:
You may have mentioned it, but I have an air compressor, set it at 50psi. filled up the tire without the sealant, and both beads set. Now I will go back and fill it with sealant.
Nice & concise đ
Splendid video, specially everyone's favourite part at 5:52, which magically vanished from the video :-D
Soapy water around the outside bead area of the tire helps it to inflate. Also, can use a belt around the tire to help the bead to seal
Great help
Great, clear instructions. Proper English accent. Strange that the subtitles use some US spellings.
Any chance of making a how to grease/replace pivots/bearings.
Also greasing BB.
Cheers
sealed first time on my 27.5+ tyres using a footpump. birng on the trails!
do a comparison vid of tubeless vs tubs please!
Nice video..Very helpful...One question to Neil...Have you ever tried doing it with wire bead tires?
French subtitle please, i like your channel so much!!!
For those who asked how often you need to add sealant. I have to add more every three months. I ride in the desert it gets a bit hotter here and the thorns. So many thorns when I replace my tires.
great video! just curious, did the tubeless tire made a signifact effect on your riding aside from avoiding pinch flats?
Guys your videos are always spot on! I been riding bikes all my life but I'm brand new to mountain biking. I have learned so much from your great videos and I believe watching them has given me knowledge ahead of time that has probably saved me from getting hurt! I do have a question reference this video. What is the best way to figure out tire pressure? i know its different for each rider but don't know how to figure it out. I am a bigger guy 245 so i need to go by that Here in Arizona we have a lot of trails that are rocky with sand on top but plenty of cacti so chances of getting a puncture are high. this is what the dealer told me and it makes sense! i had my tires converted on my giant stance to tubeless. The other day i went riding and while going down a short steep down then up, when I went to turn slightly to go up I blew out the back tire. I don't know if i was going to fast or what. The tire inflation seemed to be good i checked it before the run. This particular trail is mainly ups and downs together so I think you need to maintain a certain speed to make it back up. Then again like I said I really don't know because I am a noob. The way this tire blew out under what seemed like very little pressure kind of takes away my confidence to ride this bike safely. I wonder what would happen if I was doing big boy stuff like you guys do. Your insight to this would be greatly appreciated!
The inner tube trick!!!! I wish I watched this video 2 hours ago!!!!
First, love your channel.. you guys are amazing to watch and extremely helpful. Secondly, quick question, I just bought a new bike that came from the shop with tubeless tires. I have found that over a period of two maybe three days I will lose around 2-5 PSI . I feel like I am always adding air. Is that normal? I am very particular with my PSI, I like to run the front at 22 and the back at 25. Would that have something to do with it? maybe I'm running too low?
Top video thanks
The tube method worked for me to seat the bead. And Assegai DH casing so not very pliable!
heck yes I found this useful! ^.^
Thanks for the video! Iâm about to put some tubeless ready Maxxis on my UST Mavic Crosstrail rims.... is there any benefit or need to add rim tape since the rim bed has no spoke holes? I know tape is not necessary as far as helping the sealing, but I wondered if tape will help the tire fit better/tighter? Thanks!
just converted my tires to tubeless using this video. first try was VERY messy ! second try was better and second wheel was rather quick. pro tip if you don't know what you're doing: pick a lot of rim tape. there's barely enough tape to do 3 or 4 wheels.
I've found that if I'm having trouble getting the bead to seat and the tire to inflate using a floor pump, pressing down on the tire above the stem while pumping with the other hand gets it going faster- I imagine that's because there's less volume which makes it easier to inflate