It's so cool "finding" old videos of Seth. It's also funny to see the difference in the language used prior to a bigger audience. Unfiltered, yet refreshing.
DO NOT use co2 to seat the bead unless you absolutely have to. When you discharge a co2 cartridge, the gas becomes extremely cold and can make the sealant crystalize (limiting sealing capabilities). I went ghetto tubeless on my schwalbe big apples (using the same method as Seth, except i just cut out the valve stem from an old tube instead of using the actual tube) and found co2 should be avoided unless you flat out on the side of the road and are far from home. Love the sex joke btw ;)
Good tip, and did not know that! I think here in Florida I got away with it because of the heat and humidity, because the tire is still dead perfect, but what you're saying seems plausible, especially if you inflate with the stem at the bottom blasting directly at the sealant.
Seth's Bike Hacks CO2 and latex are not a good mix, you were lucky with humidity and that the entry point was far enough away from the latex. I betcha you have a compressor in your new workshop. Kitty
It’s crazy this comment was made 5 years ago when times were east now I’m commenting 5 years later in the middle of a pandemic who would have thought about it
I converted my standard non tubeless wheels and tires by removing all rim tape, using gorilla tape as rim tape, installing the tire, adding notubes, and inflating the tire with a compressor. Zero leaks and i've taken it on some crazy rock-garden type terrain with no issues.
I ran a ghetto tubeless for over a year and it turned out to be a success. I had no trouble with it. My tire sealed properly on the first time and everything was fine afterwards.
Good for you man, just a few bucks for sealant and you're on your way. Did you go "full ghetto" and cut stems off a tube, or go "semi ghetto" and use tubeless stems + duct tape?
+Seth's Bike Hacks I went for the most ghetto way of all. I used electric tape and a 20" inner tube which I cut in the middle all the way around. I placed my tire on the rim and I cut the remaining tube which was sticking out. I also went with cheaper sealant - WTB.. something. It cost me around 15$ for both tires and I have enough sealant for future installments.
+Vladi1295 That sounds pretty similar to Bikeman's method, good stuff. It looks like the seal is really good on that since you literally have rubber all the way up the sidewall.
+Seth's Bike Hacks One of the main advantages of the whole ghetto method is that you can use it on rims that are not tubeless ready and...probably with tires that are not tubeless ready as well. But that can depend. Unfortunately, BikemanforU didn't do a more comprehensive video on the matter. So far, you only have the first failed attempt and the one that worked.
Hey. Thanks for the video. It really gave me a good idea in which direction to go starting out tubeless. But there is no question. Tubeless is the way to go. So many struggles avoided after taking out the tubes. I found a good method for keeping pressure after your done inflating and the tyre is seated is to rotate and bounce the wheel off the ground several times. Maybe for about 5 minutes. Personally I have had some excellent results doing this. Love the channel. Good motivation for myself.
A cool way of converting to tubless for 27.5 or 29 wheels take a 26 tube and mount on rim tighten valve nut then split the tube down the center with a pair of sissors .put the flaps on the outside of rim and mount tire add sealent Put air in Take a cutter and carefully cut the flaps off Really works and really cheap and light weight
I only did one wrap around the rim with a small overlap over the valve hole. I'm doing this to see if there's any real benefit. So far it woks fine but I usually run my tire at 25-30 psi (carefully measured with a broken pump and squeezing the tire) I've only ever gotten 3 flats and twice was just a random deflation while I was on a paved area. Once was from bashing my rear wheel by trying to jump up a curb. But pinchflats aren't a problem to me because I don't get them often.
+Tyler Mappe Yep, CO2 is only temporary, although oddly enough it's been holding really good. Maybe it's the sealant, because usually when I use CO2 the tire is flat the next morning.
Use soap from a bar, scrape some shavings off into the water and mix 'em in. I'm an ex tyre fitter and can tell you that dish washing liquid can attack the rubber and it never dries up fully, so can make it easier to get a burp when on a bad landing.
Hey Seth I was just wondering how you used that tube as a liner. What I mean is did you use some kind of a sharp object to puncture the tube so you would be able to pump air in or am I just missing something here?
tubeless tire hacks for setting the bead when you cannot get the bead to set install a tube and pump it up. This will set at least one side of the tire. Then all you have to do is set one side of the tire(seths pull it sideways method). Also putting the tire in the front windshield help the tire get warm which makes it much easier to work with.
@ 3:10 you said use dish soap to wash your bike? I don't remember what video you said to use good car wash detergent and not to use dish soap. What made you change your mind?
After you poured some of the sealant in your tire, and rotated your wheel, does the sealant actually spread evenly across all the way around? Nice video as always, and one more question. Remember the video you taught us about how to repair a broken rear derailluer? You said you were going to save the part where you re-run the cables into the shifter or something like that and that you were going to save that for another video. Thanks, you are the best.
Thanks for the kind words, and my repair videos are made when I need to do the actual repair, so next time I change cables I'll make a video on it. As for the sealant, it most probably isn't evenly spread when you first pour it in, but it's good enough to seal things up, with a little spinning and shaking. When you ride the bike around, the sealant will slosh around and get into every crevice.
Good luck with that...my experience when riding hard on conversions other people swore by was horrible. Hard off camber landings means the front tire rips off the wheel completely and your face smashes straight into the handlebars and then the ground. The only thing worse than walking back a flat is walking back a flat with a broken bike and broken face.
Seth I just want to ask . I buy a continental race king ouregrip I used it on a vintage 1.5 rim I don't j ow the hught of the bead sit and Iput an inner tube should I wait for a puff sound
I have a 27.5 wheel and i can only find a 26 or 29 inch rim strip. Do You have any suggestions on where to find 27.5 inch rim strips or a way to make my own? thanks
I have been flailing with trying to go tubeless for two plus weeks. My rims are wtb stp i23 and have a sticker that say they are tubeless compatible. I have tryed hand pump, CO2 and gas station air compressor. I figure my problem is either not enough Stans or inadequate rim tape. Do tubeless compatible rims need rim tape? My rim has a broad yellow strip and I only used 1 wrap of tape. Maybe a full covering of rim tape?? Suggestions?
Tubeless hacks: why bothering with presta valves if schrader are so easier to service/add sealant/not clogging??? Get a motorbike tube, take the valve off, grind it to suit the rim, add a little bit of liquid latex onto a bottle cap an then leave the valve bottom immersed there for a day and voila, free tubeless valve. Then, make a hose for your air compressor with a ball valve. Fill your compressor vessel, open the regulator to max output and reserve. Back to your tubeless vale, make an sculpture of the added latex to fit your rim snug. Recommended to heat a Phillips wrench to make a hole trough the gorilla tape before installing the valve. Two or three wraps of gorilla tape will be enough even if the rim has loose fit. Thrust me the compressor will be just like co2 when inflating. Submerge the tire into water to check for leaks. Any leak will make your way through the rim and make bubbles on the valve interface. If this is the case, go back and improve everything. When no bubbles are seen anymore, add sealant trough the valve or just pop the tire off and then reinstall using your new hose with a ball valve. If you get yourself in a bind on a trail, just put a tube and youre back in business. I have some nice pictures to share so you can make a tubeless hacks video
Hi, I have Mavic cross ride rims with some kind of blue tape that's already on. I wanna convert to tubeless, so, do I need to remove the blue tape and wrap the stan's tape (yellow?) around first before going on to soap water sealant etc? Pls. Reply soon I have an Xc event in a months time...
If my wheels and tires are "tubeless ready" what do I need aside from the sealant and valve stem to do the conversion? It's for a Motobecane Hal5 Comp which has WTB STP i25 TCS 27.5" wheels and WTB Trail Boss tires.
Angry Vegan Cyclist thanks man, I ended up getting it to work with just valves, sealant and two strips of gorilla tape on the wheel. I put some soapy water around the bead of the tire to help it seat, and they popped on relatively easy. Went for a ride this past weekend and everything was fine.
I just did this set up, with (fairly new) Holy Rollers and they seem to be sweating from the sides =/ It's decreasing with time, but it's been over 4 hours. I'll go for a ride in a while. Hopefully they'll hold.
Dear Seth, I ordered a Redline flight Pro XL from J&R bicycles. The rims are Alienation Malice, the rims are tubeless compatible. Can I run them without sealant to save weight while I race?
***** What rims he is using is not important ( It's Forte Terra Max though). Even the stock wheels on your bike can do the job done. If you have any question or trouble, you're free to ask me
Dude, 700c wheels = road bike wheels ==" Really ? And you use 32mm tires,... Let me guess, you ride Cyclocross right ? Sure, i still think you can make the job done for a 700c wheels. You gonna need to buy a specific rim strip, like Seth, that fit you rims. Measure your outer width and the inner width of the rim, then search on Stan's Notube website for the rim strip that you need. Or like me, ( i ride 26" MTB wheels), i use a 20" wheels inner tube, then i cut along the center of the tube ( cut at the side of the tube, on the "vertical line", that DOESN'T have the valve. DO NOT use the tube that have a Schrader valve, it 100% won't gonna work, so try to avoid this. And be careful, not to cut into the side that have the valve.) Then wash off the "powder" in the tube => You now have a rim strip :)) My way is wayyy cheaper, still make the job done, but not as "harder to punch a hole on it" like Seth rim strip ( the 20" tube, after you cut it, install it on your rims, it's really thin though, like under 1mm. But Seth rim strip, if i'm correct, then it's more than 2mm thick after install on your rim). But either way, you still have to install that Gorilla tape first. Try to use enough tape, so that when you put your rim strip+ tire on, it's seal, not even when you pump the air in, or just have a really small space between the rims strip and the tire 60% it will happen lol). Then use the air compressur, or a strong floor pump,( do not use CO2 bottle like Seth, because it's to cold, so it's gonna freeze the tire sealant to pump it up for test, if it can turn into tubeless or not. If it does, then gently take 1 side of the tire off ( when i say "gently", it's mean really be careful with it, try not to use the tire lever. And it's really hard and gonna take you a seriously long time to get it out lol). Then add the sealant in, put the tire back again, then turn up the valve ( get the valve to the position that it's far away from the sealant, so when you pump it up, the sealant wont gonna spill out,... it's hard to describe this step perfectly :P). Then you are done. P/s: Sorry for my really long message, and sorry if my English grammar or English words was wrong, please forgive me, i'm not American nor England, i'm Vietnamese :))
I have only one bike that I use for everything: mtb on weekends and commuting on business days. Do you think it is worth it to go tubeless? I know tubeless tires are good on the mountain but how do they feel on the road?
I am thinking of doing this but my head mechanic buddy swears that I dont need the sealant. and he never puts any in. Is it really part of the job or just an antiflat thing.
I have this old iron horse mountain bike that i bought years its been sitting outsidr a while so it needs a little love i plan on getting new tires but ive been contimplating tubless. Im a heavy dude i weigh 360, the tire would get pretty low when i would sit on the bike will a tubless be better?
hi Seth, i loved the video. What if you get a flat tire caused by a needle ? Can you use a rubber tube to finish a run and fix it later with this tubeless setting ?
My tires and rims are tubeless ready, and I would benefit from lower pressure on my trails... But I've heard they take a lot of maintenance! I don't know if it would be worth it to burp some air after every good drop and have to keep refilling them or getting leaks.
I'll update you guys about how much maintenance this conversion ends up needing. So far I know it saved one pinch flat in the back, but they won't see the trails until this weekend. Time will tell...
+Joel M I had a setup with cheap rims and non-tubeless tires that didn't pan out so well. However, I now have stan's rims and schwalbe tubeless tires. I did a ghetto tubeless (gorilla tape, stans sealant, and a valve from an old tube), and I have had zero issues. I needed an air compressor to set them up, but if you have a good tire and rim combo the only maintenance is adding a couple ounces of sealant every few months. Its a great upgrade that is easy to do. It's worth it. You will have the ability to run lower pressures and flats should become a thing of the past (although I still ride with a tube and a hand pump just in case).
Seth in 2016: "make sure you don't wash your bike with your hose nozzle on jet" while washing $1000 bike. Seth in 2020: " today we're going to wash my brand new diamondback Sync'r carbon with a pressure washer!" 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Kind of an old video now but I'm watching it again and am curious, do you need tubeless ready tires and rims to do this or is this a conversion using non tubeless tires and rims to go tubeless
I rarely get flats. In fact, went 5 years without one. I carry an extra tube. Is there really a reason for me to go tubeless in this scenario? I feel like I want to go to tubeless because, well, it is the thing to do! PS - I really like your videos. You do the perfect 'I am wealthy so I always buy the best' and the 'I am a hack mechanic, where is the best dumpster' approach right in the middle telling us where to spend the extra and where we can be frugal.
Ust tyres are the mutts nuts! I've run ghetto tubeless and a proper UST setup and I've Gotta say UST is so superior that I'd whole heartedly reccomend going all in and missing out the ghetto method.
Not sure how a flak jacket differs, but normally you just pull the thorn out and the sealant does its job. If your tire gets a big slash in it then you'll get a flat and need a whole new tire.
It's so cool "finding" old videos of Seth. It's also funny to see the difference in the language used prior to a bigger audience. Unfiltered, yet refreshing.
“Im not a fan of going in dry”
43 year old me lets out a manly yet childish giggle
yeah, that was great :)
yup
To true man
except for the 43 part I'm still a kid but you don't know what I get up to
As a woman, we appreciate that quality in a man lol.
@@cedarwings82 and they say chivalry is dead
"I'm not a fan of going in dry"-SethBikeHacks-2015
Gordon Freeman don't copy comments.
Lmao
"Soapy wooder"-ChrisFix wants to know your location.
HAHAHA and dont forget a thread locker on every bolt
ha not a fan of going it dry. nice
You don't know a satisfying sound until you have hear a UST bead lock "snap"... So good
They do sound sweet, and you can run them even lower. If I didn't wreck wheels so often I'd consider shelling out for them.
Soapy wooder Chrisfix??
HAHAHAHAHAHA and don't forget medium strength threadlocker on every bolt!
Dylan eagleton true bro
You forgot Hey guys chris fix here today
I remember getting this notification when it came out...how time flys
Wat u mean
It’s five years later and it showed up in my recommended and I remember getting the notification and being excited
@@bcote3491 ohhhhhhh
You sound like Chris fix
Adam Zych soapy wooder!
lmao so true
Not that much
His video style is similar too either the semi short clips and voice over
And soapy wooder
Adam Shortie he doesn't really except for when he says soapy wooder
i don't like to go in dry...
CallsignVader that what he said
did I just hear you make a sex joke at 1:50? I think I did
yeah there's a sex joke hahahaha
sroll down just for that
Trent Drummond I did as well
Loool
Trent Drummond hahahaa
"Presicely 2oz of sealant" Dumps random amount in, "err, yea"
With a 6 year upload, you saved my life!!
Thank you so much Seth
I do very similar riding to you as I don't live near a trail
I converted to tubeless a few weeks ago
Totally worth it I couldn't be happier
A good trick I found for taping the rims is using 1 in wide gorrilla tape. It is the perfect size and I don't have to tear the wider roll to size.
Still surprised at the quality of these older videos
DO NOT use co2 to seat the bead unless you absolutely have to. When you discharge a co2 cartridge, the gas becomes extremely cold and can make the sealant crystalize (limiting sealing capabilities). I went ghetto tubeless on my schwalbe big apples (using the same method as Seth, except i just cut out the valve stem from an old tube instead of using the actual tube) and found co2 should be avoided unless you flat out on the side of the road and are far from home. Love the sex joke btw ;)
Good tip, and did not know that! I think here in Florida I got away with it because of the heat and humidity, because the tire is still dead perfect, but what you're saying seems plausible, especially if you inflate with the stem at the bottom blasting directly at the sealant.
+stephen ryan Yea, using co2 was a mistake I made a few years ago. Just pump fast.
Seth's Bike Hacks CO2 and latex are not a good mix, you were lucky with humidity and that the entry point was far enough away from the latex. I betcha you have a compressor in your new workshop. Kitty
You guys missed the point , he sealed the deal because he didn’t go in dry!
Slime sealant does not freeze with co2
Seth your videos are the shit 😂 thanks for the awesome videos dude
Corey Stuart ...?
It’s crazy this comment was made 5 years ago when times were east now I’m commenting 5 years later in the middle of a pandemic who would have thought about it
I converted my standard non tubeless wheels and tires by removing all rim tape, using gorilla tape as rim tape, installing the tire, adding notubes, and inflating the tire with a compressor. Zero leaks and i've taken it on some crazy rock-garden type terrain with no issues.
"3million dollars" 😂
I mean hes not off
Lol I'm not a big fan of going in dry either
Encouraged by your video I converted my non tubeless ready wheel to tubless.
It worked really fine, thansk for the vid!
I ran a ghetto tubeless for over a year and it turned out to be a success. I had no trouble with it. My tire sealed properly on the first time and everything was fine afterwards.
Good for you man, just a few bucks for sealant and you're on your way. Did you go "full ghetto" and cut stems off a tube, or go "semi ghetto" and use tubeless stems + duct tape?
+Seth's Bike Hacks I went for the most ghetto way of all. I used electric tape and a 20" inner tube which I cut in the middle all the way around. I placed my tire on the rim and I cut the remaining tube which was sticking out. I also went with cheaper sealant - WTB.. something. It cost me around 15$ for both tires and I have enough sealant for future installments.
+Vladi1295 That sounds pretty similar to Bikeman's method, good stuff. It looks like the seal is really good on that since you literally have rubber all the way up the sidewall.
+Seth's Bike Hacks One of the main advantages of the whole ghetto method is that you can use it on rims that are not tubeless ready and...probably with tires that are not tubeless ready as well. But that can depend. Unfortunately, BikemanforU didn't do a more comprehensive video on the matter. So far, you only have the first failed attempt and the one that worked.
My my, how far we've come
Hey. Thanks for the video.
It really gave me a good idea in which direction to go starting out tubeless. But there is no question. Tubeless is the way to go. So many struggles avoided after taking out the tubes. I found a good method for keeping pressure after your done inflating and the tyre is seated is to rotate and bounce the wheel off the ground several times. Maybe for about 5 minutes. Personally I have had some excellent results doing this.
Love the channel. Good motivation for myself.
This looks a lot easier than I expected
1:50 “I’m not a fan of going in dry”🤣🤣🤣🤣
"Wieght weenie" haha! Learned a new one. Love it!
A cool way of converting to tubless for 27.5 or 29 wheels take a 26 tube and mount on rim tighten valve nut then split the tube down the center with a pair of sissors .put the flaps on the outside of rim and mount tire add sealent Put air in Take a cutter and carefully cut the flaps off Really works and really cheap and light weight
POV: you got this recommended 5 years later
I only did one wrap around the rim with a small overlap over the valve hole. I'm doing this to see if there's any real benefit. So far it woks fine but I usually run my tire at 25-30 psi (carefully measured with a broken pump and squeezing the tire) I've only ever gotten 3 flats and twice was just a random deflation while I was on a paved area. Once was from bashing my rear wheel by trying to jump up a curb. But pinchflats aren't a problem to me because I don't get them often.
Make sure to replace that CO2 with normal air after your bead gets seated well. I have a feeling it will leak out in a couple days anyways.
+Tyler Mappe Yep, CO2 is only temporary, although oddly enough it's been holding really good. Maybe it's the sealant, because usually when I use CO2 the tire is flat the next morning.
“Not a fan of going in dry” “ toss the wheel around real good” Seth what are you up to
This Seth contradicts new Seth so much😭 tubes not washing a bike with a pressure washer and not using actual rim tape
A beginning of a tubeless future for Seth
Use soap from a bar, scrape some shavings off into the water and mix 'em in. I'm an ex tyre fitter and can tell you that dish washing liquid can attack the rubber and it never dries up fully, so can make it easier to get a burp when on a bad landing.
Wow Seth's bike garage setup then and now....night and day!
Hey Seth I was just wondering how you used that tube as a liner. What I mean is did you use some kind of a sharp object to puncture the tube so you would be able to pump air in or am I just missing something here?
"I'm not a fan of going in dry" lmfao
this dude sure knows his stuff
Recently decided to go tubeless... If my tire can hold air for an hour or two without any sealant, will I have a good seal when I add the sealant?
Is it okay to use a non tubeless tire too? Or i need a tire that is tubeless ready and the rim is non tubeless...
tubeless tire hacks for setting the bead when you cannot get the bead to set install a tube and pump it up. This will set at least one side of the tire. Then all you have to do is set one side of the tire(seths pull it sideways method). Also putting the tire in the front windshield help the tire get warm which makes it much easier to work with.
Seth: *swears*
Me: *likes*
@ 3:10 you said use dish soap to wash your bike?
I don't remember what video you said to use good car wash detergent and not to use dish soap.
What made you change your mind?
Crazy how far he’s made it
After you poured some of the sealant in your tire, and rotated your wheel, does the sealant actually spread evenly across all the way around? Nice video as always, and one more question. Remember the video you taught us about how to repair a broken rear derailluer? You said you were going to save the part where you re-run the cables into the shifter or something like that and that you were going to save that for another video. Thanks, you are the best.
Thanks for the kind words, and my repair videos are made when I need to do the actual repair, so next time I change cables I'll make a video on it. As for the sealant, it most probably isn't evenly spread when you first pour it in, but it's good enough to seal things up, with a little spinning and shaking. When you ride the bike around, the sealant will slosh around and get into every crevice.
does this video conversion also work for other tyre brands? I tried going tubeless but my front tyre always ends up being flat? any suggestions???
Good luck with that...my experience when riding hard on conversions other people swore by was horrible. Hard off camber landings means the front tire rips off the wheel completely and your face smashes straight into the handlebars and then the ground. The only thing worse than walking back a flat is walking back a flat with a broken bike and broken face.
Seth I just want to ask . I buy a continental race king ouregrip I used it on a vintage 1.5 rim I don't j ow the hught of the bead sit and Iput an inner tube should I wait for a puff sound
I have a 27.5 wheel and i can only find a 26 or 29 inch rim strip. Do You have any suggestions on where to find 27.5 inch rim strips or a way to make my own? thanks
At 2:11, did you put the inner tube inside or you just pumped it up like normal tubeless tube ?
+Dũng Lê Văn no inner tube
+Seth's Bike Hacks Then why did you use the soapy water to clean the inner tube?
+Dũng Lê Văn that was the rubber liner i think
+Alex Kohl I thought it was the rubber liner too, but then i notice that the valve is still stick into the inner tube.
I added latex paint,I did my homework searching the ingredients and both matches a lot,i added black to hide any sealant when puncture.
do i need tubeless ready tyre to do this? i have ground control sport 26x2.3 and my wheel set is tubeless ready...
I have been flailing with trying to go tubeless for two plus weeks. My rims are wtb stp i23 and have a sticker that say they are tubeless compatible. I have tryed hand pump, CO2 and gas station air compressor. I figure my problem is either not enough Stans or inadequate rim tape. Do tubeless compatible rims need rim tape? My rim has a broad yellow strip and I only used 1 wrap of tape. Maybe a full covering of rim tape?? Suggestions?
Tubeless hacks: why bothering with presta valves if schrader are so easier to service/add sealant/not clogging??? Get a motorbike tube, take the valve off, grind it to suit the rim, add a little bit of liquid latex onto a bottle cap an then leave the valve bottom immersed there for a day and voila, free tubeless valve. Then, make a hose for your air compressor with a ball valve. Fill your compressor vessel, open the regulator to max output and reserve. Back to your tubeless vale, make an sculpture of the added latex to fit your rim snug. Recommended to heat a Phillips wrench to make a hole trough the gorilla tape before installing the valve. Two or three wraps of gorilla tape will be enough even if the rim has loose fit. Thrust me the compressor will be just like co2 when inflating. Submerge the tire into water to check for leaks. Any leak will make your way through the rim and make bubbles on the valve interface. If this is the case, go back and improve everything. When no bubbles are seen anymore, add sealant trough the valve or just pop the tire off and then reinstall using your new hose with a ball valve. If you get yourself in a bind on a trail, just put a tube and youre back in business. I have some nice pictures to share so you can make a tubeless hacks video
Hi, I have Mavic cross ride rims with some kind of blue tape that's already on. I wanna convert to tubeless, so, do I need to remove the blue tape and wrap the stan's tape (yellow?) around first before going on to soap water sealant etc?
Pls. Reply soon I have an Xc event in a months time...
When i went tubeless yes, i didnt get a pinch flat but i snapped my rim
If my wheels and tires are "tubeless ready" what do I need aside from the sealant and valve stem to do the conversion? It's for a Motobecane Hal5 Comp which has WTB STP i25 TCS 27.5" wheels and WTB Trail Boss tires.
Angry Vegan Cyclist thanks man, I ended up getting it to work with just valves, sealant and two strips of gorilla tape on the wheel. I put some soapy water around the bead of the tire to help it seat, and they popped on relatively easy. Went for a ride this past weekend and everything was fine.
I just did this set up, with (fairly new)
Holy Rollers and they seem to be sweating from the sides =/ It's decreasing with time, but it's been over 4 hours. I'll go for a ride in a while. Hopefully they'll hold.
Dear Seth, I ordered a Redline flight Pro XL from J&R bicycles. The rims are Alienation Malice, the rims are tubeless compatible. Can I run them without sealant to save weight while I race?
What kind of tape did you use ?
+Dũng Lê Văn the duct variety
preferrably you should use stans rim tape. Its really good.
Gian Franco It's not thick enough to thicken up the rim, in order to seal the air
***** What rims he is using is not important ( It's Forte Terra Max though). Even the stock wheels on your bike can do the job done. If you have any question or trouble, you're free to ask me
Dude, 700c wheels = road bike wheels ==" Really ? And you use 32mm tires,... Let me guess, you ride Cyclocross right ? Sure, i still think you can make the job done for a 700c wheels. You gonna need to buy a specific rim strip, like Seth, that fit you rims. Measure your outer width and the inner width of the rim, then search on Stan's Notube website for the rim strip that you need. Or like me, ( i ride 26" MTB wheels), i use a 20" wheels inner tube, then i cut along the center of the tube ( cut at the side of the tube, on the "vertical line", that DOESN'T have the valve. DO NOT use the tube that have a Schrader valve, it 100% won't gonna work, so try to avoid this. And be careful, not to cut into the side that have the valve.) Then wash off the "powder" in the tube => You now have a rim strip :)) My way is wayyy cheaper, still make the job done, but not as "harder to punch a hole on it" like Seth rim strip ( the 20" tube, after you cut it, install it on your rims, it's really thin though, like under 1mm. But Seth rim strip, if i'm correct, then it's more than 2mm thick after install on your rim). But either way, you still have to install that Gorilla tape first. Try to use enough tape, so that when you put your rim strip+ tire on, it's seal, not even when you pump the air in, or just have a really small space between the rims strip and the tire 60% it will happen lol). Then use the air compressur, or a strong floor pump,( do not use CO2 bottle like Seth, because it's to cold, so it's gonna freeze the tire sealant to pump it up for test, if it can turn into tubeless or not. If it does, then gently take 1 side of the tire off ( when i say "gently", it's mean really be careful with it, try not to use the tire lever. And it's really hard and gonna take you a seriously long time to get it out lol). Then add the sealant in, put the tire back again, then turn up the valve ( get the valve to the position that it's far away from the sealant, so when you pump it up, the sealant wont gonna spill out,... it's hard to describe this step perfectly :P). Then you are done. P/s: Sorry for my really long message, and sorry if my English grammar or English words was wrong, please forgive me, i'm not American nor England, i'm Vietnamese :))
I have only one bike that I use for everything: mtb on weekends and commuting on business days. Do you think it is worth it to go tubeless? I know tubeless tires are good on the mountain but how do they feel on the road?
does the maxxis holy roller are tubless ready tyres ?
1:50 wet lube or oily lube then?
I am thinking of doing this but my head mechanic buddy swears that I dont need the sealant. and he never puts any in. Is it really part of the job or just an antiflat thing.
Part of the job it's the most important bit
can i convert my non tubeless tires into tubeless? ive got maxxis ikon wired type only of its tech.
I have this old iron horse mountain bike that i bought years its been sitting outsidr a while so it needs a little love i plan on getting new tires but ive been contimplating tubless. Im a heavy dude i weigh 360, the tire would get pretty low when i would sit on the bike will a tubless be better?
Is it true I have to get a new tire and rims to go tubeless on my diamondback axis?
Do you have to use a tubeless compatible rim to set a tire tubeless?
hi Seth, i loved the video. What if you get a flat tire caused by a needle ? Can you use a rubber tube to finish a run and fix it later with this tubeless setting ?
Hey can somebody help me? Does wheel need to have tubeless ready on it so it will go tubeless?
is tubeless worth it
I'm also thinking about going tubeless after getting 4 pinch flats in the last 2 weeks...
My tires and rims are tubeless ready, and I would benefit from lower pressure on my trails... But I've heard they take a lot of maintenance! I don't know if it would be worth it to burp some air after every good drop and have to keep refilling them or getting leaks.
I'll update you guys about how much maintenance this conversion ends up needing. So far I know it saved one pinch flat in the back, but they won't see the trails until this weekend. Time will tell...
+Joel M I had a setup with cheap rims and non-tubeless tires that didn't pan out so well. However, I now have stan's rims and schwalbe tubeless tires. I did a ghetto tubeless (gorilla tape, stans sealant, and a valve from an old tube), and I have had zero issues. I needed an air compressor to set them up, but if you have a good tire and rim combo the only maintenance is adding a couple ounces of sealant every few months. Its a great upgrade that is easy to do. It's worth it. You will have the ability to run lower pressures and flats should become a thing of the past (although I still ride with a tube and a hand pump just in case).
Seth in 2016: "make sure you don't wash your bike with your hose nozzle on jet" while washing $1000 bike.
Seth in 2020: " today we're going to wash my brand new diamondback Sync'r carbon with a pressure washer!"
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Hi Seth can I do this with any rim and tire or must it be tubeless ready
Can I go tubeless with wire beads? I have 2.3 vigilantes on my 27.5
watching all berm peak vids
do you need a tubeless ready tire to make the tubeless conversion work?
0:09 Seth forgot to trip hi GoPro beard
Kind of an old video now but I'm watching it again and am curious, do you need tubeless ready tires and rims to do this or is this a conversion using non tubeless tires and rims to go tubeless
Doesn't co2 degrade and reduce the life of the sealant liquid ?
Do the holy rollers have a wire bead?
David Brown Fan I think they come in both standard and folding variants
did you attempt to seat your tires with your tcpg pump? just wondering if that pump can seat that combo
Can we do it on single wall rim?
How I miss Bikeman4U
I rarely get flats. In fact, went 5 years without one. I carry an extra tube. Is there really a reason for me to go tubeless in this scenario? I feel like I want to go to tubeless because, well, it is the thing to do!
PS - I really like your videos. You do the perfect 'I am wealthy so I always buy the best' and the 'I am a hack mechanic, where is the best dumpster' approach right in the middle telling us where to spend the extra and where we can be frugal.
well... i bet you wouldn't have guessed that in 2 years time you'd be using Slime™ tubeless setup!
Ust tyres are the mutts nuts! I've run ghetto tubeless and a proper UST setup and I've Gotta say UST is so superior that I'd whole heartedly reccomend going all in and missing out the ghetto method.
The laugh at the end of the video 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Can you juse every bike tiere???
what wheels are those?
My back came with tubeless ready rims. Do I have to buy tubeless ready tires or can I use my existing
You should be able to use the original ones, but I don’t really know.
When I wash my bike my chain qlways gets rusty how can I fix that?
Adding grease
Seth what if u have flak jacket tire could ur tube be popped by a thorn or glass
Not sure how a flak jacket differs, but normally you just pull the thorn out and the sealant does its job. If your tire gets a big slash in it then you'll get a flat and need a whole new tire.
Where do we get the stands notube kit
order from amazon
do you need specifically tubeless tyres to do this?
My dad agrees, he went in dry 16 years a go and here we are
What dous he mean by 3 millon dollors