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Turns out my problem on the rear was insufficient tyre and rim prep… I went round the seating interface of both pretty throughly with a toothbrush and warm soapy water and the tyre went up first time and is still holding air a week later.
On the rear my rim tape has a hole at one of the spoke holes and I presume the rim itself isn’t airtight so now I need new rim tape. Is it all pretty much the same or is some stuff better than others? Rim internal width is 18mm