Tubeless Tyres -"saying the same things about tubeless tyres over and over again" Hippy read the first f**king post

Once saw a trick where you wedge the wheel into the hinge side of a door frame, close the door onto the tyre, then turn the wheel slightly.

But I've never had to resort to that, as even DH casing MTB tyres will come off with thumbs if you find the right spot (and swear at them)

i was recntly sorting a bike for someone, tyres had obv been fitted for a v long time. with tubes, but tubeless tyres and tape - bead seemed to have fused to the tape, it was crazy. gt85 and a heatgun sorted it

I am thinking maybe a couple of bits of wood and squeeze them together with the pipe wrenches .
Being a bit more brutal with the wrench finally broke the glue.

After a particularly bad run of visits from the fairy, I'm thinking about giving this a go on the rear wheel of my winter bike as a starter. It's set up with tubeless tape and I'm currently running a tubeless tyre anyway.

I've liked the idea of getting a compressor for a bit and I was surprised at how cheap you can get them these days. obviously there not all created equally and it all about the delivery of a decent amount of air very quickly.

Is there a forum approved compressor for the home hack ?

Inevitable tubeless first timer question: how do you tell if the sealant is still in good condition? I feel the answer should be something “remove valve core, put in old spoke like a dipstick”? I’m scared to fully deflate as I’m not confident in my about to reinflate fully

Shake it and hear if it's sloshing a bit, but if it's not been topped up in 3-4 months you may as well chuck some more in there

Don't know about forum-approved, but I got one of these

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hyundai-Electric-Compressor-Release-Fittings/dp/B07TKVSQBR

and it has been excellent so far - with a presta pistol-type regulator attached for tubeless use. Only issue with it really is that it's far bigger capacity than it needs to be, and as you have to empty it every time you use it to avoid condensation on the inside, most of the time it's used more time is spent deflating it than actually using it!

So can recommend, but would advise getting a smaller one if possible / desirable.

e.g. this looks much better for that reason: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-02115-Oil-Free-Compressor-1-2kW/dp/B01N6Y81SH

Not really looking for advice but wanted to moan about the situation with my winter/touring wheels. Of course, if you want to advise go ahead. After an uniterrupted perfect 6 months on my previous tyres I fitted some old-ish slick gravel kings on my DT 511 road rims with the old two layers of tape from the former set up. The soapy water trick didn't work with a track pump, either because there were too many old bits of residue around the tyre bead, causing gaps, or because the tyre was too baggy, so I was reduced to using a compressor (which I hate). Given I have a slow leak in the rear tyre anyway --I'm not sure if this is a puncture, the bead not being perfect or something like the valve -- i'll try a layer of gorilla tape over the tesa tape as this process will address some of the potential causes of both issues. I'm hoping to get the tyres off carefully and hang them somewhere while I do the tape. I really don't want to scrub the beads whilst trying to not spill the fresh sealant. Lastly, I actually think 25mm gorilla tape will be too wide for these rims so there is also that, groan. Eeyore over and out.

gravel kings

there's your problem

yeah i know but selling them (edit. thus creating another victim) feels wrong and they are only part worn. quite keen on those victoria ‘ridearmor’ tyres to replace them but not heard much about them

Another tubeless noob question here: any recommendations for tyre worm/insertion tools or is any old brand fine? Guess is they're much of a muchness.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004673073752.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.25.4b861802ioL1bW

Great. Will give that one a whirl. Cheers.

Why did you fit old tyres?

GKs are notoriously "loose" fitting so old ones would be even worse.

None.

Dynaplug.

None.

that's the stock levels.

because they are only part worn and doing other wise would be wasteful… It is very reassuring to get validated regarding them being floppy though so thanks, good to know it isn’t just me

There's a £5 vs £50 discrepancy here - convince me I need to opt for the latter.

Dynaplugs are great for if you're afraid of losing a place or two in a race

Other than that, something like this is fine

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How about this? Used a bacon strip (Muc-Off) with the needle thing at London Bridge. Some miles later in Walthamstow, I heard a pop and knew the strip had launched itself out of my tyre like a missile. Put a dynaplug in and problem solved.

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Bacon strips are ok under ~40 psi IME; dynaplugs better above.

I probably didn't caress the strip enough. I thought I gave it lots of love.

Hope you managed to rinse that before it dried off 😬

I got lucky. I had a sheet of shop towel on me (real tubeless users know to carry gloves and shop towel) and wiped it down. 15 mins later I got home and did a proper job.

My blue nitrile gloves have been mocked a couple of times. Shop towel/rag is elite though!