ULTIMATE hack to seat tubeless tyre with track pump at home
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Published 2024-06-21
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00:00 Intro
01:50 The HACK
03:40 HACK Demo
All Comments (21)
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@TheWattLife have to be honest I was a wee bit unsure if this would work... and glad to be proved wrong. How simple but how effective. I've spent a long time seating tyres , but this is a top hack! Thank you so much. First time worked a charm.
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Same principle, but I’ve used a luggage strap cinched around the tyre, for the same effect. Reusable and no having to find the end of the sellotape 🙂
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I'm definitely going to try this!
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Great hack for those troublesome tyres! Thx! I've found a tyre now, that works for me with my rims so just use them. Conti STR's are so much easier to seat with just a track pump than even their now defunct TL cousins. Which always needed a booster pump and sometimes a couple of goes.
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I was just going to buy a new pump. Thanks for the post
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just last week a sprayed my living room with sealant 😅......I will definitely try this next time
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Thats a neat trick! I'll definitely keep this in my back pocket next time I attempt this! From what I've read, not all tyre/rim combos will hold pressure without sealant in there, so perhaps you could just check the bead is evenly seated all round and you're good to whack some sealant in? Not sure if tolerances are better now though.
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But the tape has to be wide enough to attach to the rim?..What size tire were you using?..A 28 or 30mm might be more difficult to tape down?
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This only convinced me even more - if possible - to never go tubeless😄
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brilliant, great hack
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Now that is a VERY clever idea. I hate the one road tubeless set up I have, to the point I don’t use it.
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If I have trouble getting new tyres to seal I put an inner tube in pump it up until the tyre seats then ease one side of the tyre off and remove inner tube replace valve and that usually fixes it
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I've done the same thing with a ratchet strap. It is a technique used by Jeep drivers to reseat a bead if a tire pops off the rim on the trail. I think tape is easier though and I'll probably switch it up next time I seat a tire
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Would that work for MTB tires (50mm) on a 29mm rim?
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nice one, will try when i burst my tube xD
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giving this a go later on with my vittorria corsa pro, cant get the rear one to seat at all. fingers crossed
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I must admit, that is a great hack. I've seen a lot of them and I think this one takes the cake as far as effectiveness goes. But what about a hack to easily mount that tire? 😊
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I've seen similar (maybe from Syd Fixes Bikes? but can't remember for sure) using a ratcheting strap instead of tape. Also available at hardware stores. Should achieve the same thing with less disposable waste.
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interesting! I use TPU tubes for everything under 32mm.
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👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Cool. Ever tried with a handpump?
