Been reading up about tubeless wheels and decided that it's not the devils work and could be worth a try. After a recent evening bimble where i collected 3 punctured from thorns and didn't have my pump i decided to take the plunge.
I thought i'd start on my mavic crossland wheels as they are actually tubeless so i don't need to worry about the rims. I was a little unsure what to do about the valve. I hate presta with a passion so went with schraeder. Having thought about it though i should have gone presta as they have the lock rings to hold them tight against the rim. Never mind.
So i broke out the duct tape and sealed the valve in. Next i mounted the tyre 90 percent on the rim. The wheel was secured on the washing line with pegs on the spokes . Poured in more than the correct amount of stans sealant and pulled the non tubeless tyre to try and seal it against the rim. My pump wouldn't put enough air in so i dropped 20p in the tesco compressor. Sadly digital compressors seem to need some back pressure to work against hence they have a 'flat tyre' button. This puts blasts of air in the tyre in a pulse. The problem with this is the time between the pulses is long enough to let the bhp escape.
A bit annoyed i threw the wheel in the back of the truck to the other garage in town which has an old type compressor. 50p for this one but it blasted the air in enough to get 3 positive bangs as the bead seated properly against the rim. I put an indicated 60psi in and shook the rim to try and get the sealant all the way around the tyre/rim join.
Left it a few hours and the tyre is still rock hard. Thought i'd let some pressure out (in the living room) and a load of sealant came out at high pressure! Going to leave it till the morning in the hope it settles away from the valve.
All that's left is to wait and see. Really hoping it lives up to the high expectations i have from andyr's experiences. Time will tell.
I thought i'd start on my mavic crossland wheels as they are actually tubeless so i don't need to worry about the rims. I was a little unsure what to do about the valve. I hate presta with a passion so went with schraeder. Having thought about it though i should have gone presta as they have the lock rings to hold them tight against the rim. Never mind.
So i broke out the duct tape and sealed the valve in. Next i mounted the tyre 90 percent on the rim. The wheel was secured on the washing line with pegs on the spokes . Poured in more than the correct amount of stans sealant and pulled the non tubeless tyre to try and seal it against the rim. My pump wouldn't put enough air in so i dropped 20p in the tesco compressor. Sadly digital compressors seem to need some back pressure to work against hence they have a 'flat tyre' button. This puts blasts of air in the tyre in a pulse. The problem with this is the time between the pulses is long enough to let the bhp escape.
A bit annoyed i threw the wheel in the back of the truck to the other garage in town which has an old type compressor. 50p for this one but it blasted the air in enough to get 3 positive bangs as the bead seated properly against the rim. I put an indicated 60psi in and shook the rim to try and get the sealant all the way around the tyre/rim join.
Left it a few hours and the tyre is still rock hard. Thought i'd let some pressure out (in the living room) and a load of sealant came out at high pressure! Going to leave it till the morning in the hope it settles away from the valve.
All that's left is to wait and see. Really hoping it lives up to the high expectations i have from andyr's experiences. Time will tell.
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