About 25 years ago, I go so many flats and hated it! So, I just bought solid core tires. No flats! The worst ride EVER!
Next pair of tires had a Kevlar insert in them. Much better. I've always stressed the no flat, no matter how bad the ride tires. I'm glad to try a better ride, too, with tubeless. Roberta On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 6:21:06 PM UTC-4, hobie wrote: > > Tannus tire inserts are great for flat free riding w. tubes. A normal > floor pump works,no compressor needed to go tubeless. It helps if your tire > and rim are TLR. One layer of rim tape. Remove valve core,seat the > tire,then with soapy water around both sides where the rim and tire meet > lather it up. Then roll the tire on the floor back and forth. Then w. valve > core in 12 O'clock postion attach pump and start pumping fast while > slightly pressing the tire and rim down. Has worked for me the past couple > of years. It's not that difficult. There aren't many tubeless rims on the > market for rim brakes. I will never go back to tubes. > > > On Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 10:29:15 PM UTC-4, ted wrote: >> >> Someone I won't name, because he should be gratefully honored for his >> contributions and definitely never hectored about such trivia, wrote he >> could think of at least 11 steps to mounting a tube in a tire off the top >> of his head. >> >> I only think of 10. >> Put a layer of rim tape on the rim >> Put one bead of the tire on the rim down in the well >> Put talc on the tube or the inside surface of the tire. >> Put just enough air in the tube to give it some shape >> Put the tube inside the tire and around the rim (with the valve >> through the hole of course) >> Push the other bead of the tire onto the rim and down into the well >> Make sure the tube isn't stuck under a tire bead anyplace >> Inflate to seat the beads >> Make sure the beads are seated >> Reduce pressure to what you ride >> >> What am I missing? >> >> Now for tubeless its (assuming no difficulties/hiccups) >> Put n layers of tubeless rim tape on the rim >> Install the valve stem, pull the core >> Slather soapy water al over the place >> Put the tire on the rim >> Use a compressor to blow air through the valve body to seat the tire >> (may spray soapy water about doing this) >> Put sealant in through the valve >> Put the valve core back in >> Inflate the tire (may have sealant spraying about doing this) >> Check that sealant isn't coming out around the bead >> Spin the wheel a few times >> Let it sit overnight (reminds me of gluing tubulars) >> Re-inflate to riding pressure because it probably got soft overnight >> >> Now I'll agree that that doesn't sound too bad, only a dozen steps. I >> also agree that anyone who works on stuff, and has a shop or a garage, >> should get a compressor. Well worth the investment (can you say air tools, >> fun). But with the potential for spraying soapy water and/or sealant about, >> and the risk of significant difficulty seating/sealing the beads etc, I >> don't see how an honest appraisal can really conclude its not significantly >> more trouble than installing tires with tubes. Kinda like gluing tubulars. >> Now I can't quote anybody saying tubeless setup is trivial and as easy as >> using tubes, but I feel like some proponents sort of imply something close >> to that. Am I wrong? >> >> >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6fcb31a2-190d-4bc7-91f8-32b82a3b56a7%40googlegroups.com.
