tubeless faffage!

its a shwalbe hans dampf evo tubeless ready
whats coggers home made job? iv seen them made from a pop bottle or im thinking of trying to make one from a fire extinguisher. 
or if i have to buy one , look for a mini compressor to use from my car cig-lighter

Iv got loads on with a track pump
Cheap nasty things from lakes, it takes a lot of sweating and swearing but it will go on



Yes a new tyre that's been folded will be a pain to get on


Either put it on with a tube for 5 10 mins then pop the tube out, leaving one side already seated then it's just one other side to do


Or get a friend to help you and pinch the tyre at points around the wheel to pull it apart so it semi seats so when the air goes in it seats that bit easily



We have now got a track pump specially for tubeless and not taken longer than 2 mins to do on yet, similar to the pikey way it has a chamber you till with 180 psi then push the button and it dumps the lot into the tyre in a split second,

A bit far away Your welcome to pop round any time and I'll put them on for you one handed



As above soapy water the crap out off thr beads while your doing it as it helps it seal a bit rather than letting air out and it shows where needs pinching because it loosing loads of air soon as you pump




Tubeless can be a nightmare to set up and you get covered in the latex but when it's up its great, no worried about thorns or glass etc , iv unseated one tyre over the peaks but I was hammering it down and maybe a tad low.pressure in it,


Chuck a tube in as you would normally and carry on,


It says like 60 ml fluid in a tyre.. iv got about 130 140 haha not fussed about the weight saving But will seal more holes before it runs out

I use the 2l pop bottle method and a bit of soapy water round the rim!, works a treat

I've offered many times to do it myself! Those Mavics almost inflate themselves! Had the same ones on the 29er before with the same success rate! The key is the vigorous pump...like your brain is going to explode!

i think its the shape of the tyre wall or the pump thats not delivering enough air or a combination of both. iv just had another go at it. conservatory floor is wet through with sweat, and its still not on..........bastard tubeless!!

You make me want to come over and show you how it's done!? Lol

You need to put the fluid in so when it's sealed it's sealed

When you've put it in spin it around a bit so the fluid goes to all the edges and helps it seal

That's where the fluid comes in handy

Some of the bits that aren't sealed will be covered in the fluid so stops the air leaking out so fast, iv always inflated it with the fluid so that covers the seal and stops the air blowing out so fast

i understand what you're saying jack but because the tyre bead isnt anywhere near seated, the gap is too big for the fluid to fill the gap. in theory the tyre should inflate with no fluid and pop the bead on. once the bead is on, the tyre can be completly deflated but because the bead is in place there are no large gaps so then the fluid can be put in and it should then be easy to inflate the tyre with a track pump. if id tried to put in the fluid before trying to inflate the bead on, there would be fluid all over the conservatory by now.   

Worst trouble I had was last time - same as you a tyre that had been folded for yonks - no way would that muthafecker seat in the bead. popped a tube in - inflated it to about 50 PSI - left it for 20 mins - tube out, soapy water on tyre edge and rim bead, inflated and stayed up with a track pump no probs.
Then,as you say once you've had it inflated with no fluid - valve core out and fluid in through the valve.

Pffft - easy peasy    

these are so easy to make and make a frustrating job really easy.