Jason from IFHT goes through the process of installing tubeless tires in this step by step tutorial. Worth a watch even if you're a tubeless pro familiar with ze pump...
I kept waiting for the funny part - would it be getting sealant everywhere? How ridiculously tough it can be to get the tire back on? trying to get the tire seated and stop spraying goo everywhere? Nope. A commercial with no real tips or tricks brought to you by Maxxis and Stans. I guess everybody's got to eat...
ya, was kinda disappointed with lack of humor, actually useful tips, or generally anything really worth watching. It started out pretty well, though. But went nowhere fast.
We showed what actually happened that day. The only "plan" for this video was to film me setting up a tubeless tire on a rim. Had sealant exploded out the side or if any other mishaps happened we would have included it. Tubeless is made out to be this ridiculously tough and messy job, but if you do things properly and use the proper equipment (tubeless ready rims, tires, etc) then you shouldn't have a problem.
Noooooo, don't slide a metal tire lever along the rim when taking the tire off! My bike mechanic OCD-ness is about to start downing Xanax like they're Tic Tacs!
I don't know if this is wrong but I put the tire on the rim fully and then squirt sealant through the opened valve stem using a syringe with a stop valve. Then rescrew the core and inflate. No mess! Also works well for checking how much sealant is left in the tire without having to take the tire off the rim.
I bought a set of those milkit valve stems but they were worthless. They're cool in that they only let air/liquid through one way when the core is removed. So no worry about splashing fluid everywhere while opening the core, but for some reason that made it impossible to check the tire pressure with a gauge. No matter what I did, it would just read 0. I had milkit replace them and still no luck. Went back to Stan's and haven't had any problems.
And you don't either if you remove the valve core. Use the small 2oz bottles and pour directly in. You can then use them to measure out how much sealant you are using instead of just dumping it in like a moron @colincolin:
Misleading. He tells you how cool it's going to be and then at the end he's like- "now you're in a gang". What!? Crap. What I have I gotten myself into?
Yeah... unless you use too much soap. Got frustrated with my tire not seating so I put a big ol squeeze of dawn into that soap bucket and really worked it around the rim with the brush. Then your tire blows soap bubbles for the next two days as your riding down the trail. Really get some funny looks from your riding buddies. I told em my tires had rabies. Takes longer for the sealant to work with all the dish soap as well. So just a little soap good. Lots of soap bad
Used the wrong valve stem, the Bontrager MTB rim liners used a brass valve stem that has an O-ring seal that seats into the rim strip. Supposedly it keeps the valve stem from being damaged in the odd chance you were to strike something and impact the valve stem from the tire side. Also, not really all that informative, funny or original.
Looks like he's got a ghetto rim strip but then using a tubeless valve? There seems to be some kind of rough cut rim strip anyway, what's going on there?
He said it is a pro tip and I guess he's right. It is a true pro tip in that it is for those who professionally install those tires but don't actually ride them. And when you go home after work you can't help but chuckle when you imagine your customer (preferably a dentist so you can make fun of her or him on PB) struggle to get the valve out when he or she has punctured out on the trail. In the pissing rain. During some enduro race. Missing time slot after time slot. All alone...
Just remember to never use a pro tip on your own bike.
The main issue is getting the valve out to pop in a tube if you get a flat on the trails. Hand-tight works fine, and you can actually get the valve out without tools.
Edit: @vinay we're saying the same thing. Sorry, just read your post more carefully. But your post is funnier.
I like to do this so I can tell if my valve and tape are still good before I add a bunch of sealant.
Oh ya, and to determine how awesome my tire is. The more Awesomer tires hold air without sealant!
@andrew9: I have the reverse mitus touch with anything mechanical. It pisses me off to no end. A tubeless tyre change quickly turns into a nightmare goo shit everywhere I'm a circus on the tools. I've learnt 'just ride it' get someone not unco to service it, it cost less in the long run.
@andrew9: more common than you think - I've got riding mates that take their bikes to the shop for everything - gear adjustments, replacing spokes, fitting tyres. Then they are confounded when things don't work right when they come back. I've suggested it's that missing sense of quality thing (read "Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance") to help them understand why this happens, but they have that mental block and label themselves as incapable....
@Otago: I can click, clickers set suspention and wind gear tension knobs like a WC pit mechanic.... however when a hex key touches a bolt, "Murphies Law' happens and it's threaded or locked as f*ck or some 1 in 100Million (which seem to be all of them) inbetween size.
When it's my money, "shit happens".
I think if I did a TAFE course or paid a mechanic in cartons to supervise (witness Murphy's Law) my servicing I could beat the jinx.
I bought a set of those milkit valve stems but they were worthless. They're cool in that they only let air/liquid through one way when the core is removed. So no worry about splashing fluid everywhere while opening the core, but for some reason that made it impossible to check the tire pressure with a gauge. No matter what I did, it would just read 0. I had milkit replace them and still no luck. Went back to Stan's and haven't had any problems.
www.chainreactioncycles.com/ie/en/x-tools-tyre-seating-tool/rp-prod122324
There seems to be some kind of rough cut rim strip anyway, what's going on there?
Just remember to never use a pro tip on your own bike.
Edit: @vinay we're saying the same thing. Sorry, just read your post more carefully. But your post is funnier.
When it's my money, "shit happens".
I think if I did a TAFE course or paid a mechanic in cartons to supervise (witness Murphy's Law) my servicing I could beat the jinx.