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Chaley
When I asked about avoiding burping in my rear tire and @dancing james suggested…
I went out with a good 40+ psi in the tyre next time and it’d already leaked by the time Id ridden the 3½ miles to the trails so I don’t think it was actually burping, rather just a shit seal at the bead.
I played around with pressure at the trails and there seemed to be a real narrow line between being so hard it felt wooden and going all squirmy wormy. It didn’t really burp any more at the trails but I don’t think I was riding very hard as I was worried about it and some hard carves on tarmac as I was getting home definitely made it burp all over the place.
I took the tire off and re taped the rim but got in such a mess refitting it and it was still leaking/leaking worse from the same spot at the bead that I ended up giving up and chucking a tube in.
Rode Glentress yesterday with a tube in and it was fine but I’m not loving how the tyres feel for cornering so think I might replace them and hopefully can get something that’ll seat and seal a bit better.
So, TLDR, recommend me a 29er tyre around the 2.6” width that should set up nice and easy. Maxxis DHF/R? There seems to be a million different versions?
Also sealant, I’m currently using muc off and I’ve got about 3/4 of a litre bottle left but is it shit? Stans, Orange seal?