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

If you get them I’d be interested to know how wide they actually come up...

I've had bad luck. Rear IRC X-guard developed a lump and now in the bin after 300 miles of riding. I've also had Hutchinson All Seasons split wide open after 40 miles of riding and in bin.

I'm blaming @amey.

Fingers crossed I won't be looking for new tyres for a while. Based on current wear rates, I think the IRCs have lot longer left in them than, for example, the Schwalbe Pro Ones they replaced. With a bit of luck, my next tubeless tryouts will be Conti Hardshells...

Pic added.. rear wheel was easy, just removed tube and kept one side lodged into the rim, squirt of co2 and it popped straight out..

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Tonight tubeless was a victim of its own success.

Prepared bike and pumped tyres about an hour before setting off for club ride.

Just as I was going to leave I felt the rear tyre, it had lost a bit of pressure so I pumped it up, hoping it would seal as I was riding along. Riding to the meeting point I felt the odd spray of sealant on the back of my calf, but thought nothing of it.

Met up with club and started riding, person behind said she was getting odd drops of rain or spray and I realised my tyre was leaking a little. Carried on and suddenly it started pissing out sealant. I stopped and told the others to carry on.

Shoved a worm into the hole but needed to put more air in. That all went fine, but removing lezyne pump and the core of the valve came out (I had released the pressure by undoing the other end of the nozzle from the pump itself). The problem is that it has been so long since I needed to fix a puncture at the roadside that the pump had unbeknownst to me corroded and the aluminium has become rough and swollen. After three attempts I managed to pump up the tyre and when removing pump from valve pinch the valve core and and twist it back into place without losing too much pressure.

Once done the tyre held pressure and I got home safely. Am confident the worm has done its job but now want a pump that does not thread onto a valve core.

I now trust tubeless more than my lezyne pump. Who makes a half decent road pump?

Topeak. I have yet to find a Topeak pump I don't like. Lyzyne valve extractors are crap. I hate them with a vengeance.

any specific one?

I used to carry a spare valve core, then realised I needed to ditch the Lezyne pump

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeline-performance-cnc-mini-pump?sku=5360670483&alertcid=6201105202&utm_source=ewis-gb-30-tue&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ewis&utm_content=en

topeak now appear to have their own valve core extracting pump system

I've got the Micro Rocket Carbon (x2), the Micro Rocket AL, and then two others which are like the Micro Rocket Carbon but one's a bit bigger and the other's quite a bit bigger, but they don't seem to make them any more. Anyway, I like the Micro Rockets. They've not got much volume, so you need perseverance, but they can get to pretty high pressures eventually and they are tiny.

Fark. Fuck it, Silca time. The poncey Bluetooth one.

Had the same problem myself with a lezyne pump . When undoing the flexi hose it removed the conti core . Prior to that getting the hose out of the barrel was a mare . Looks nice but is shite ! Back to the pocket rocket

I have the birzman mtb pump for my Isen, am thinking the infinite apogee road for the road bike.

They have their own hose attachment system.

I’ve had the exact issue you described with the Topeak Race Rocket

I'm pretty happy with my PDW Ninja. Takes an age to pump up a high volume tyre from flat, but I always carry a CO2 cartridge, so that is rarely necessary. The Magic Flute looks like a good alternative if you want something a bit higher volume.

Bloody hunts leaking air out around the valve hole - I e just re-done rim tape but the seal is terrible. It was working before! Can't get the tyre to pop even using an airshot and have tried a few times, getting tired / annoyed.

Any quick fixes for getting a better seal around the valve?

My experience is that leaks around the valve hole are caused by poorly seated rim tape.

When putting rim tape on it’s good to get it warm so the sticky stuff is tacky and the tape a little bit more elastic and stretchy. Put tyre on and inflate with inner tube to get tape properly seated.

When putting valve in make a small hole with two cuts to make an x.

Ta - I thought I'd done most of that, was really careful putting rim tape on but seemingly not careful enough. I've chucked a tube in for now anyway so may try again after the weekend, hoping that the time with a tube in has helped it settle down a bit

once rim tape is on poorly and you have little points of egress for air its a bit of a battle

sometimes an inner tube can push it down flush but if the edges have been folded up it can be better to cut your losses and start again

Done two retro mavic wheels with cut out valves from torn inner tubes, and electric tape last night. Poor man's tubeless seems to be working rather well.

Yeah I wondered if I need to re-do it. It looks quite smoothly done though, so am loath to unless it's definitely not good... Will try again in a couple of days

I’ve had this since 2011. Gets used a few of times a year. Last time was yesterday so all good...
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/topeak-pocket-rocket-pump