Most of the rattling on zippers comes from the metal tab hitting on the loop. You’d need to jam something in between those two pieces to get good result or replace the tab with strings that you can get at pretty much every outdoor store.
@ Seth , I noticed the Milkit bottle was the .75l model. The company states for mtb use the 1 litre bottle. I have the 1l model seats mtb tyres every time, never fails. As you know volume is key 😉
The Schwalbe Tire Booster (licensed Air Shot) is around 1.1 liters of volume, with the same 11 bar / 160 psi may pressure. And has only failed me for really stubborn downhill tires with wire bead (which normally aren't even classified as tubeless, they took some additional "convincing")
Seth, about the air canister for seating tubeless tires. I made one from an old kitchen fire extinguisher, a tubeless valve and a replacement hose and chuck for a floor pump. It is twice the volume of the water bottle you tested, so it blasts enough air in to seat the tire and it cost me $10 for the valve and $4 for the pump hose and chuck. Add $1 for the hose clamp I used to attach the new hose to the extinguisher hose. The extinguisher already has a trigger valve to release the pressure explosively. It is built to do that. If you have to replace a home fire extinguisher because it is expired, just clean it and convert it to a useful tool.
You can also buy a weed sprayer bottle for like 5 bucks and pump it full of air, cut off the spray thing and just attach the tube to your valve without the core. Works nearly every time.
Options to reduce zipper pull rattel, put a layer of electrical tape on your zipper pulls or tie a knot of paracord to the end of the zipper pull. Both will act as bumpers so you don't have metal on metal clanking.
Wrapping them in paracord or breaking the metal zip pulls off and replacing with paracord loops would be nicer. Unless you can get very high end electrical tape, and even then you won't find out whether it's good enough until it's too late, it'll wear through and leave sticky residue on everything after a few hundred miles.
8:50 As with many things in life: "The easier it is to use, the more likely you will use it" I used to seldom play sim racing games or VR because of the faff of getting them out, setting them up, only for a whim to play an hour or 2. Getting a dedicated sim rig makes me use it a lot more as it's there and ready to go at a moments notice. This drone might not be the best footage quality but the ease of use means you'll have way more amazing shots with it than a $1000 drone that takes 30 mins to set up...
I find that when trying to seat a tire bead, it helps to put a strap on the tread, which keeps the rubber expanding easier where you want it at the bead. Done this with motorcycle tires for years, especially when changing out tires on trips in the front of a hotel. Makes smaller pumps more useful in that regard.
The funny thing is that a Milk-it Booster is like $65 on sale. Meanwhile, a Milwaukee M12 portable pump with battery and charger can be found on sale for less than $99. I can easily mount any stubborn tubeless tire with the Milwaukee with almost no effort, just remove the valve core and put on the little attachment for inflating pool toys. It is also capable of pumping up car tires, any sort of ball, and inflatable pool toys. It's also super compact, taking up less vertical space than the otherwise useless "Blaster".
I dont understand the bike industries aversion to air compressors. A small pancake compressor can be had cheap. It feels like an elitest bike thing. The resto fo the world uses compressors to fill all tires. Why cant we join the team?
@@Macuhdohnadadoh It would be interesting to see a demographic of who actually buy the bikes. I know road and gravel bikes are very heavily purchased and used by men 30-60 who sit behind a desk all day. I think selling a product marketing it as good to keep in your van is not real world use. what percent of bikers actually live in vans or even have a van? id be shocked if its over 5%
That's what I thought as well. The air that comes out of my pumps smells quite badly (some chemical smell) . I don't want whatever causes that smell to come in contact with my drinking water.
I've had an Airshot inflator for a few years and think it has a few advantage over the product shown here. First, it can screw onto the valve, giving you a better seal (better than what Seth shows here). Second, the pump can stay attached to the inflator, so you an add more air as you like once you've release the inflator. I've seated a number of tires so far with the Airshot, and I really like it and would recommend.
I would NEVER use that milkit thing as a water bottle. Who knows what is in the lubricant used for foor pumps, it wouldn't surprise me if some cheaper ones even use a little bit of lead.
To easily make the tubeless tire sit on the rims. Once the tire is in place, spray the sidewall (both sides) first with a mixture of soap and water. Then just pump it normally. Works for me every single time
I've been using an Airshot in my van for like 5 years and it works perfectly for all the stubborn tires that I can't do with a floor pump. The Airshot's locking design seems to be much better, you thread it directly where the valve core was and release the air only once it's secure. Additionally you can leave the floor pump on, so for truly nightmare tires you can release the air the keep pumping for non-stop airflow.
A bicycle bag brand I highly recommend that's affordable is Tourbon - they're like half the price of most of the big names, they make a TON of different bags for different mounting styles, they look nice - a lot have a very pleasant city/retro look and they're insanely durable, with real canvas, waxed canvas, real leather and good quality nylon on some. I've been wailing on a pair of nylon saddlebags on my E bike for over a year, through a seattle winter and I haven't even felt the need to silicone spray or sno seal or wax them. Highly recommend them as a budget brand to look at for people who need luggage and don't need or like the ugly black/hi vis aesthetic but still want it very functional.
Love you seth. Your goal of getting people into mountain biking is working. My nephew and I have bought helmets tools and I got a new bike. We've had 4 amazing weekends going out into nature and exploring. Thank you for my new healthy happy hobby.
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Ive used a Robert Axle on my high end road back to haul my 90lb dog around for years. Works great. Even when Im not using the trailer I just leave the Robert Axle on. Just take note of the weight limit on your wheels. Had an issue with my carbon rims not being rated for the extra weight and basically ripped apart a hub. Not the axles fault tho. They also have an index of about every bike on the market so you get the right one.
I just use a floor pump and grunt a bit when going tubeless. Good to see these sort of products being shown off as they're much more portable and cheaper than using a compressor.
As a Bike mechanic, my tip for mounting tubeless tires! Just buy and use, only Maxxis tires for tubeless MTB! They're made for mounting with a floor pump, or just a pump. So you don't need any special boosters!!
Coming from the freak bike fleet video: For the unicycle, in order to free mount the bike try stepping on the pedal so the crank moves in a forward stroke and then put your other foot on as fast as you can.
I'm one of those folks with out a compressor. Invested in a charger pump a few years back and was well worth the price, even came with a compartment in the handle for a ball inflator needle and one of those mattress inflator ends. Digital display is nice as well. Best thing is being able to blast the tyre full of air then quickly keep pumping to get that last little bit to snap onto the rim.
Instead of buying one of those tubeless air can things, I ended up buying a floor pump with one built in (Bontrager Flash Charger) because I needed a new floor pump anyways, it works super well.
Been carrying the compressed towels for over a year now. Give them out too. You can see one I gave to Macky in Syd and Macky's Continental Divide ride about 6 months ago. First experienced them in an Asian restaurant I used to work for. They are awesome! :)
I've wanted to use special tools for seating tubeless tires. Since discovering you can seat them just fine with a tire lever I haven't looked back. Use tube to seat the tire, remove tube but leave one side seated. add your sealent then take your tire lever and go around the tire and lift the bead onto the rim. forms enough of a seal for the pressure to pop the bead the rest of they way
longtime lurker here, i actually use the milkit booster (exclusively for gravel- and road bikes tho). it works realy well for me because i don´t own a compressor and i can take it with me on a trip. another good milkit product is their suringe to fill the milk directly thourgh the valvestem.
The robert axle project is great. They make axles for just about any bike or fork so you can use an old man mountain rack on basically any bike. OMM also ups the load capacity if you are using an axle instead of normal rack mounts.
Crank Bros makes a floor pump that switches between high pressure mode (like a normal pump) and high volume. The high volume setting makes it super easy to seat tubeless tires. I actually own an air compressor but I haven't even bothered to use it since I got the Crank Bros floor pump.
I am starting to feel a bit lucky to seat every tubeless tire pretty much first try with a 30€ floor pump since 4 years now (Maxxis, Conti, Schwalbe, Pirelli) :D
Thanks for all the reviews. I have found that Portawipes compressed towels are a great deal (on Amazon), tough, usable, and biodegradable for a very good price. They come with a tube that holds 10, maybe less useful on a bike but cool otherwise. i keep a few in a mylar zip-bag in my EDC.
On the subject of camping/hiking stuff. Take a water filter on long rides! Out in the country in high heat? Don't wanna carry more than 1 or 2l of water? Take a 50g water filter and fill up from a river. Just requires a tiny bit of planning. On 2hr+ rides I always take my £30 sawyer water filter, fill up after that long hill.
My "entry level" Specialized came with an in-frame storage where I can put all the CO2 cartridges in the world as well as a bottle cage with an integrated multi tool. Provided it's not as fancy as Crankbrothers or One Up, but still.
I think what's more impressive than the drone that follows you is how well the camera work was to capture it coming into focus following Seth. A+ Also Seth, you don't want that little camera in 4k, you want it in 1080p with a higher bitrate.
I use (big) plastic clothing pegs to seat my tires, just put them on the opposite side of the valve (if the tire is big enough you can form an M to reduce volume), then take a normal floor pump and pump as fast as you can, after 10 pumps the clothing pegs explode (you can gather and fix them later) and the tire seats. Only tried this 3 times, but worked every time.
A very easy (and free) way to seat tubeless tires (including stubborn folded up ones) is to just put a tube in, seat the tire fully, then only unseat one side to remove the tube, you don't even have to try very hard with a cheap floor pump to finish the rest
This method works as long as the other side stays seated. The moment it gets loose, you're back to square one. I've made only stock gravel wheels tubeless, so I don't have experience if tubeless ready rims can hold it in place better.
I would really love to get Seth's perspective on Gravel bikes. I plan on getting one sooner or later, primarily for commuting (which I only recently started, using my hardtail MTB. Alas, this is far from optimal, as I have lots of flat sections where something a bit more aero would really help, like a drop bar. Also, the rather fast tires I put on as my commute is 99% asphalt really limit the hardtail's usability for MT-Bing).
You should try the granite stash tool and/or ratchet. Far quicker access as it's in the steerer with a little cap you twist. And unlike the one up edc, it comes with a headlock setup so you just have to remove the start nut. I love mine and I have their crank mounted plug kit too
I've had my eye on one of those drones for canoeing trips, as well as for biking. They look pretty cool, but I have wondered about the picture quality. They also offer those towels in a nice, neat little tube that fits well in a bike bag. I originally picked them up for hiking, but then realized that they have so many other uses! Now I try to keep a tube of them in all of my gear. Thanks for sharing!
Oh a Berm Peak Express with Seth video........stopping everything to watch............Great video! I love the testing videos to show you things you might not ever know about if not for Seth and Berm Peak videos! Awesome!
Well, wait until you see the specs. Can't keep up with an eBike, not even the european 25km/h version. Max. flight height 15m. Max. 28km/h wind speed and stabilization is not guaranteed. And can't be controlled with gestures. Awesome idea, very very limited usability for a ridiculous price. Very unfortunate, I'd sell my Mini 3 Pro for a decent flying camera...
@@Bouncy8864 Obviously it's one of the first of it's kind, like with anything you should never be a first adopter. But just the concept of a camera that flies and follows you automatically, that knows to land in your hand and etc feels futuristic to me, imagine telling people that even 20 years ago.
I've been expecting something like the Hover to appear for a few years now. Maybe in a few design iterations with the main part being the camera quality and storage it might be a definite buy.
I was surprised to see you pull a Hover Air X1 out of the front bag ! I got one myself (did a video on my channel, but it's in French) and totally agree with you -even the "this is not a drone" formula-. It's so simple you are going to use it often but I was surprised not to hear about the pretty low speed limit it has in its downsides. 20km/h-ish is fine for walking and running, but for biking and especially descending, its really pretty slow. Hope they give it a bit of steroids in the next iteration because it's still pretty fun to use !
A place I used to work at had a promo item that was a beach towel pressed into a small puck... It was meant to be dunked in water at the beach, it would pop out and you could leave it out to dry while you went swimming... The building we were at had a roofing issue and the roofers were working on it but they goofed, had to call it quits for the day and left the sketchy roof on it's own for that nights monsoon-level thunderstorm!! When I got to work the next morning, word got out that the IT company on the 2nd floor had suffered water damage, so I ran to the warehouse and was relieved to find both open crates intact with a massive puddle of water next to them... We were litterally inches away from towel apocalypse in the warehouse!!!
Airshot tire canister has been fantastic for me. I have seated both mtn and road bike tires with ease... I have had absolutely ZERO luck seating a mtn bike tire with a floor pump with my setup. Ended up begging a shop in Moab to help me out before I had one.
I have the Schwalbe Tire Booster, equivalent of the milkit product. Different from the Milkit booster, the Schwalbe comes with a hose to connect it to the tire, which I think is way more convenient. For me, this works very well (unless I botch the rim tape, like in my last try 😆).
I've used airshot I got from amazon and it works pretty well at seating my tires. I've also got the same crankbrothers battle cage thing. I've been using it a lot and it's great!
Sounds like they just made the strongest water bottle ever. Probably way more durable considering it has to be able to contain 160 PSI without exploding.
To me, it serms they took an existing water bottle design and only designed the new "cap" with the valves. Then they just send you the normal cap because the manufacturer of the bottle is including it in the deal
Milkit inflators are pretty great. My pump is medium sized and can't get tubeless seated, but these do the trick 90% there and the rest i can do with the pump or a second round. It was the cheapest option for me at around 20€ for just the valve, then it fit on an old bottle i wasn't using anymore.
I bought a bag of 50 of the compressed towels about 6 years ago. I'm problem good for another 6 years or more. I carry some on camping trips. I use them as a wash cloth when I lose or forget mine. I stopped carrying toilet paper and used this in an emergency, then packed it out in the trash.
My HoverAir hinge broke first time out. And they do not offer replacement parts at all. The hinges are the weakest point, but some tape and glue fixed it. Footage is not great in forest when there TONS of detail but good enough. I take it through intense bush and trees fast since i'm less afraid to break something that's broken and I am pretty impressed on the shots I can get. It really just locks onto you and will follow you without any concern for its own safety, and also your own. It comes after me sometimes but its okay because of the size and fan guards. I have some videos on here from my rides, if it had a better camera and no hinges (or stronger ones) it might be the perfect drone/cameraman for someone not interested in "Setting up shots". You just press and go.
Seth, I agree with your Hover review. But you should talk about its big limitation for MTbers. Accent, decent speed. I have found it just cannot keep up with any of my mountain bike riding, because, my trails are not flat. as soon as you go up, or down at any reasonable speed, it just falls behind.. If you are on flat roads, it does fine. I dont know the maximum speed, But it will not keep up if you are going downhill at all. I have found anything more than a brisk walking pace, with a vertical change will fail. It just falls behind.... such a bummer, because it is really good. But not for MTB following. See
FYI Seth, DJI drones are on the brink of being banned in the United States for some silly political reasons, already passed the house and now it's up to the senate. I think the Drone Advocacy Alliance is the group to look up for more information.
I don't think China potentially using private Americans' drones for espionage is a silly political reason. Every Chinese company answers to directly to the CCP so it's a fair concern that this data could be abused. Like how the CCP went after China critical Journalists using TikTok's GPS data. I don't think it's political it's really common sense to shut out a government from your market that means harm to your country's people.
@@navykeef what data is being transmitted? DJI is being accused of placing a back door but no proof was ever provided in fact part of the bill is instructing the Navy to deconstruct a drone to find out if there is one... Shouldn't that be fine FIRST before banning something that saves lives and that people rely on for their lively hood? Besides, what data is being gathered and shared by drones that aren't connected to the internet? What data are drones providing that the CCP can't already get from Google Maps or their own spy satellites? How much food and how many lives is that data worth? Look up how many Fire Departments, Police Departments, search and rescue volunteers, farmers, home inspectors, photographers, etc., rely on these drones to make a living, grow crops, and save lives. This is just a short sighted "China Bad" ploy by politicians trying to look strong and get votes off the back of the TikTok without understanding the impact of their decisions. You would hope they'd have some proof of the threat they're claiming to be protecting people from, but instead they're going to ban something a critical tool used by by farmers and public servants across the country on the chance their data, which is largely already available on Google Earth, could somehow be stolen by the CCP. If they're worried about the possibility, then sure go ahead and look into it. Don't sacrifice people's physical security and livelihoods in the name of protecting their data from a theoretical threat that hasn't even been evaluated yet by the security experts in your own military.
I have a similar "pump booster" that can be used while still attached to the pump. That way you can keep pumping after the boost if it dos not seat completely. Works really well. And as many have comented... I would never drink from there, you might drink lubricant or sealant, its surprising they advertise that "feature".
I'd like to see how the mechanism on the Crank Bros tool behaves after a few weeks or years use in mud. It's a recurring problem with all the bolt to the bike style tool kits - they seem to all be designed for people who never ride in wet, muddy conditions.
If you're going to be out far away from good toilet options (this is my experience while hiking), some kind if wet wipe - either those tablets or a small pack of baby wipes, and some hevyay duty dog poo bags are absolutely worth carrying.
Love the towel tablets. I've been carrying them for a few years. They're great for wiping off a sweaty face to get rid of the salt crusties and dirt mid ride. Oh, and you can wipe your bum if you need to as well.
I bought around 200 compressed cotton towels from Amazon for like £15. I always have a few in my bag for when I cycle to work and want a quick freshen up before putting on my work clothes. Mine are a lot bigger than this. Start out around 1.5 inch and end up roughly 18 inch square. They are a godsend.
got a bag of 100 compressed towels on aliexpress for like 3.40€ (sale price, usually they are around 5 bucks) they are pretty usefull as you can soak them with many kinds of liquids to serve special usecases or just help to keep your hands clean in case of a dropped chain.
I bought something like 20 of those compressed towels for the equivalent of about USD$2, and keep a couple floating around in work bags and the like for emergencies. If there's a "Daiso" near you check them out.
i have my own trick of seating a tubeless tire on the rim, if you have any old floor pump you can rip the cable hose out and then you can put the end that was attached to the floorpump on your presta valve and put the other end on a tire like a dj tire that can go up to 80psi (just any tire that can hold high pressure) then the air from the dj tire gets transfert to the tubeless tire that needs to be seated and thats enough air to seat it
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Seth, electrical heat shrink over those zipper pulls will fix a lot of the rattling you're hearing
I cut the pulls off my bags and swap them with paracord.
As above, shrink heat wrap, works a treat
Really easy to find cord pulls with plastic tabs at camping stores or even cheaper online at Amazon (you'll get a dozen for 5 bucks or so)
Adhesive lined heat shrink for permanence!
Most of the rattling on zippers comes from the metal tab hitting on the loop. You’d need to jam something in between those two pieces to get good result or replace the tab with strings that you can get at pretty much every outdoor store.
@ Seth , I noticed the Milkit bottle was the .75l model. The company states for mtb use the 1 litre bottle. I have the 1l model seats mtb tyres every time, never fails. As you know volume is key 😉
I feel Seth, I tried this one (.75) for Road and MTB tires and had no luck.
I was about to make a similar comment. The volume isn't big in that one.
I was kind of thinking this looked more like a road product
The Schwalbe Tire Booster (licensed Air Shot) is around 1.1 liters of volume, with the same 11 bar / 160 psi may pressure. And has only failed me for really stubborn downhill tires with wire bead (which normally aren't even classified as tubeless, they took some additional "convincing")
What removing valve core? couldn't tell if Seth did that. removing the valve core gets more volume
Thanks for the feature Seth, happy to be included 🤘🏼
be thankful he didnt say he was gonna "throw that piece of..... away" like he did with the not-a-drone
You guys rock
Seth, about the air canister for seating tubeless tires. I made one from an old kitchen fire extinguisher, a tubeless valve and a replacement hose and chuck for a floor pump. It is twice the volume of the water bottle you tested, so it blasts enough air in to seat the tire and it cost me $10 for the valve and $4 for the pump hose and chuck. Add $1 for the hose clamp I used to attach the new hose to the extinguisher hose. The extinguisher already has a trigger valve to release the pressure explosively. It is built to do that. If you have to replace a home fire extinguisher because it is expired, just clean it and convert it to a useful tool.
You should make a video on it! :)
You sir are a genius, I’d love to see a pic of this contraption, would prolly win the GMBN hacks and bodges!
You can also buy a weed sprayer bottle for like 5 bucks and pump it full of air, cut off the spray thing and just attach the tube to your valve without the core. Works nearly every time.
Fill it with water and it makes a sick water gun or shop "extinguisher"
Great idea!
Options to reduce zipper pull rattel, put a layer of electrical tape on your zipper pulls or tie a knot of paracord to the end of the zipper pull. Both will act as bumpers so you don't have metal on metal clanking.
I've done this for hunting backpacks and it works well to cut down that rattle
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This! But self amalgamating tape will form a nice rubbery layer too, great stuff
Wrapping them in paracord or breaking the metal zip pulls off and replacing with paracord loops would be nicer. Unless you can get very high end electrical tape, and even then you won't find out whether it's good enough until it's too late, it'll wear through and leave sticky residue on everything after a few hundred miles.
I'd go for a bit of heat shrink rather than electrical tape. the tape will get all gross and sticky, then all hard and fall off.
8:50 As with many things in life: "The easier it is to use, the more likely you will use it"
I used to seldom play sim racing games or VR because of the faff of getting them out, setting them up, only for a whim to play an hour or 2. Getting a dedicated sim rig makes me use it a lot more as it's there and ready to go at a moments notice.
This drone might not be the best footage quality but the ease of use means you'll have way more amazing shots with it than a $1000 drone that takes 30 mins to set up...
I stopped watching crankworx innsbruck slopestyle for this.
You didn't miss anything at the end
@@Jessev741 I mean Godziek won, that was different
Same
@@R3ddyyg well ya, but they would have seen that part!!
same 😂
I find that when trying to seat a tire bead, it helps to put a strap on the tread, which keeps the rubber expanding easier where you want it at the bead. Done this with motorcycle tires for years, especially when changing out tires on trips in the front of a hotel. Makes smaller pumps more useful in that regard.
The Robert Axle Project is amazing. axles for trainers, trailers, or just replacements in every size imaginable.
The funny thing is that a Milk-it Booster is like $65 on sale. Meanwhile, a Milwaukee M12 portable pump with battery and charger can be found on sale for less than $99. I can easily mount any stubborn tubeless tire with the Milwaukee with almost no effort, just remove the valve core and put on the little attachment for inflating pool toys. It is also capable of pumping up car tires, any sort of ball, and inflatable pool toys. It's also super compact, taking up less vertical space than the otherwise useless "Blaster".
Do you actually use it to fit tb tyres or are you assume it works?
@@sorenludwig3978I have used them. They work most.of the time. Occasionally a stubborn tire needs a boost of air.
I dont understand the bike industries aversion to air compressors. A small pancake compressor can be had cheap. It feels like an elitest bike thing. The resto fo the world uses compressors to fill all tires. Why cant we join the team?
@@Macuhdohnadadoh It would be interesting to see a demographic of who actually buy the bikes. I know road and gravel bikes are very heavily purchased and used by men 30-60 who sit behind a desk all day. I think selling a product marketing it as good to keep in your van is not real world use. what percent of bikers actually live in vans or even have a van? id be shocked if its over 5%
Giving the lubricants used in pumps, should you be drinking water out of the same thing? OR do you think that isn't an issue in any way?
That's what I thought as well.
The air that comes out of my pumps smells quite badly (some chemical smell) . I don't want whatever causes that smell to come in contact with my drinking water.
Well this is a place i didnt expect to see to 😅
Merely a consolation prize for when you discover its uselessness as a bead seater.
Can't you wash the water bottle after pumping filthy air into it?
Imagine forgetting some water in there and then pressurising to 160 PSI
I've had an Airshot inflator for a few years and think it has a few advantage over the product shown here. First, it can screw onto the valve, giving you a better seal (better than what Seth shows here). Second, the pump can stay attached to the inflator, so you an add more air as you like once you've release the inflator. I've seated a number of tires so far with the Airshot, and I really like it and would recommend.
I would NEVER use that milkit thing as a water bottle. Who knows what is in the lubricant used for foor pumps, it wouldn't surprise me if some cheaper ones even use a little bit of lead.
Natural selection
Womp womp, it's a water bottle
It's for emergency, and pretty much everything is ROHS compliant nowadays (meaning products can't have harmful substances incl. lead)
6:17 "This is not a drone" also: "I still call it a drone." Love it!!
To easily make the tubeless tire sit on the rims. Once the tire is in place, spray the sidewall (both sides) first with a mixture of soap and water. Then just pump it normally. Works for me every single time
I've been using an Airshot in my van for like 5 years and it works perfectly for all the stubborn tires that I can't do with a floor pump. The Airshot's locking design seems to be much better, you thread it directly where the valve core was and release the air only once it's secure. Additionally you can leave the floor pump on, so for truly nightmare tires you can release the air the keep pumping for non-stop airflow.
When I had my nightmare stan's conversion tubeless kit airshot was the only thing that worked 👍
I just made the EXACT same comment before I saw yours'
Never tried using something flammable like they do on car tyres?
Going to get my first bike today because of you really love the vids, keep up the great work
A bicycle bag brand I highly recommend that's affordable is Tourbon - they're like half the price of most of the big names, they make a TON of different bags for different mounting styles, they look nice - a lot have a very pleasant city/retro look and they're insanely durable, with real canvas, waxed canvas, real leather and good quality nylon on some. I've been wailing on a pair of nylon saddlebags on my E bike for over a year, through a seattle winter and I haven't even felt the need to silicone spray or sno seal or wax them.
Highly recommend them as a budget brand to look at for people who need luggage and don't need or like the ugly black/hi vis aesthetic but still want it very functional.
Love you seth. Your goal of getting people into mountain biking is working. My nephew and I have bought helmets tools and I got a new bike. We've had 4 amazing weekends going out into nature and exploring. Thank you for my new healthy happy hobby.
Ive used a Robert Axle on my high end road back to haul my 90lb dog around for years. Works great. Even when Im not using the trailer I just leave the Robert Axle on. Just take note of the weight limit on your wheels. Had an issue with my carbon rims not being rated for the extra weight and basically ripped apart a hub. Not the axles fault tho. They also have an index of about every bike on the market so you get the right one.
I just use a floor pump and grunt a bit when going tubeless. Good to see these sort of products being shown off as they're much more portable and cheaper than using a compressor.
Ooh I really like how slick that accessory mount tool kit is!
I absolutely love that you took the attention to detail to have the jingling of the zippers in the shots with the “drone” camera.
4:50 was the cutest thing ive ever seen! thanks for the cool product im gonna have to get one of those axles
I got a bike hack for you. Put electrical shrink tube around the zipper pulls to quiet them down.
Happy Father's Day to you!! Keep being involved in your kiddos lives!
As a Bike mechanic, my tip for mounting tubeless tires!
Just buy and use, only Maxxis tires for tubeless MTB! They're made for mounting with a floor pump, or just a pump. So you don't need any special boosters!!
Coming from the freak bike fleet video:
For the unicycle, in order to free mount the bike try stepping on the pedal so the crank moves in a forward stroke and then put your other foot on as fast as you can.
I'm one of those folks with out a compressor. Invested in a charger pump a few years back and was well worth the price, even came with a compartment in the handle for a ball inflator needle and one of those mattress inflator ends. Digital display is nice as well.
Best thing is being able to blast the tyre full of air then quickly keep pumping to get that last little bit to snap onto the rim.
you can buy a 26 gallon compressor for WELL under $200 used. go buy one.
Instead of buying one of those tubeless air can things, I ended up buying a floor pump with one built in (Bontrager Flash Charger) because I needed a new floor pump anyways, it works super well.
Been carrying the compressed towels for over a year now. Give them out too. You can see one I gave to Macky in Syd and Macky's Continental Divide ride about 6 months ago. First experienced them in an Asian restaurant I used to work for. They are awesome! :)
I've wanted to use special tools for seating tubeless tires. Since discovering you can seat them just fine with a tire lever I haven't looked back. Use tube to seat the tire, remove tube but leave one side seated. add your sealent then take your tire lever and go around the tire and lift the bead onto the rim. forms enough of a seal for the pressure to pop the bead the rest of they way
Old 2kg fire extinguisher, auto valve, small fitting from 1/4' to 6mm, 60cm of PVC pipe. Pumped to 6-7 Bars works flawesly every single time.
For the rattling zippers, maybe try covering the zipper tags with shrink tubing?
longtime lurker here, i actually use the milkit booster (exclusively for gravel- and road bikes tho). it works realy well for me because i don´t own a compressor and i can take it with me on a trip. another good milkit product is their suringe to fill the milk directly thourgh the valvestem.
By far the easiest and cheapest tubeless inflator tool is a large garden sprayer. And even comes with a builtin pump!
The robert axle project is great. They make axles for just about any bike or fork so you can use an old man mountain rack on basically any bike. OMM also ups the load capacity if you are using an axle instead of normal rack mounts.
Crank Bros makes a floor pump that switches between high pressure mode (like a normal pump) and high volume. The high volume setting makes it super easy to seat tubeless tires. I actually own an air compressor but I haven't even bothered to use it since I got the Crank Bros floor pump.
Man, yesterday i got injured riding a DIY track and your video saved me from boredom,Thank you Seth.
I am starting to feel a bit lucky to seat every tubeless tire pretty much first try with a 30€ floor pump since 4 years now (Maxxis, Conti, Schwalbe, Pirelli) :D
Thanks for all the reviews. I have found that Portawipes compressed towels are a great deal (on Amazon), tough, usable, and biodegradable for a very good price. They come with a tube that holds 10, maybe less useful on a bike but cool otherwise. i keep a few in a mylar zip-bag in my EDC.
I've been looking at those Crankbros tools. Thanks for reviewing them, they look super cool.
On the subject of camping/hiking stuff. Take a water filter on long rides! Out in the country in high heat? Don't wanna carry more than 1 or 2l of water? Take a 50g water filter and fill up from a river. Just requires a tiny bit of planning.
On 2hr+ rides I always take my £30 sawyer water filter, fill up after that long hill.
My "entry level" Specialized came with an in-frame storage where I can put all the CO2 cartridges in the world as well as a bottle cage with an integrated multi tool. Provided it's not as fancy as Crankbrothers or One Up, but still.
The Hover X1 like a little dystopian guardian angel!
I think what's more impressive than the drone that follows you is how well the camera work was to capture it coming into focus following Seth. A+ Also Seth, you don't want that little camera in 4k, you want it in 1080p with a higher bitrate.
I use (big) plastic clothing pegs to seat my tires, just put them on the opposite side of the valve (if the tire is big enough you can form an M to reduce volume), then take a normal floor pump and pump as fast as you can, after 10 pumps the clothing pegs explode (you can gather and fix them later) and the tire seats. Only tried this 3 times, but worked every time.
Thank you so much for the thru axle replacement for bike trailers
A very easy (and free) way to seat tubeless tires (including stubborn folded up ones) is to just put a tube in, seat the tire fully, then only unseat one side to remove the tube, you don't even have to try very hard with a cheap floor pump to finish the rest
What I find even quicker is to just leave the tube in and go riding 😛.
@@peglor I don't like fixing flats.
@@tonyrobinson1623 Neither do I, especially when it involves goo spraying everywhere.
This method works as long as the other side stays seated. The moment it gets loose, you're back to square one.
I've made only stock gravel wheels tubeless, so I don't have experience if tubeless ready rims can hold it in place better.
pumping in a bottle to then empty it in the tire sounds legit
3 SCFM air compressor. Best "MTB" purchase I've ever made. Use it almost every day.
For your bag zipper noise, put some electrical heat shrink tube on. Stops the noise and provide a grippy surface to grab
Thanks muchly for showing the axle will be using one for a bike build
I would really love to get Seth's perspective on Gravel bikes. I plan on getting one sooner or later, primarily for commuting (which I only recently started, using my hardtail MTB. Alas, this is far from optimal, as I have lots of flat sections where something a bit more aero would really help, like a drop bar. Also, the rather fast tires I put on as my commute is 99% asphalt really limit the hardtail's usability for MT-Bing).
i love compressed towel tablets!
Great for travel use in a bind
That paper towel is more extraordinary than the goddamned drone camera! A bikepacking miracle tool!
You should try the granite stash tool and/or ratchet. Far quicker access as it's in the steerer with a little cap you twist. And unlike the one up edc, it comes with a headlock setup so you just have to remove the start nut. I love mine and I have their crank mounted plug kit too
3:01 I use the Schwalbe Booster and it works perfect! 10:46 I always carry a few of them. You can get them in a 200 pieces pack for 10,- €/$.
I've had my eye on one of those drones for canoeing trips, as well as for biking. They look pretty cool, but I have wondered about the picture quality.
They also offer those towels in a nice, neat little tube that fits well in a bike bag. I originally picked them up for hiking, but then realized that they have so many other uses! Now I try to keep a tube of them in all of my gear.
Thanks for sharing!
Oh a Berm Peak Express with Seth video........stopping everything to watch............Great video! I love the testing videos to show you things you might not ever know about if not for Seth and Berm Peak videos! Awesome!
That drone really made me think "damn the future really is now"
Looks straight up of a 90's futuristic movie
Yeah, the video quality as well unfortunately. 😄
But it's getting there.
Well, wait until you see the specs. Can't keep up with an eBike, not even the european 25km/h version. Max. flight height 15m. Max. 28km/h wind speed and stabilization is not guaranteed. And can't be controlled with gestures.
Awesome idea, very very limited usability for a ridiculous price. Very unfortunate, I'd sell my Mini 3 Pro for a decent flying camera...
@@Bouncy8864
Obviously it's one of the first of it's kind, like with anything you should never be a first adopter.
But just the concept of a camera that flies and follows you automatically, that knows to land in your hand and etc feels futuristic to me, imagine telling people that even 20 years ago.
Hover X1 is awesome! I hope it gives at least 2.7K in the future version. AND I WISH they come out with a new version..
As a person who play football this lil drone camera is so perfect!! Must have
I've been expecting something like the Hover to appear for a few years now.
Maybe in a few design iterations with the main part being the camera quality and storage it might be a definite buy.
I was surprised to see you pull a Hover Air X1 out of the front bag ! I got one myself (did a video on my channel, but it's in French) and totally agree with you -even the "this is not a drone" formula-. It's so simple you are going to use it often but I was surprised not to hear about the pretty low speed limit it has in its downsides. 20km/h-ish is fine for walking and running, but for biking and especially descending, its really pretty slow. Hope they give it a bit of steroids in the next iteration because it's still pretty fun to use !
A place I used to work at had a promo item that was a beach towel pressed into a small puck... It was meant to be dunked in water at the beach, it would pop out and you could leave it out to dry while you went swimming...
The building we were at had a roofing issue and the roofers were working on it but they goofed, had to call it quits for the day and left the sketchy roof on it's own for that nights monsoon-level thunderstorm!! When I got to work the next morning, word got out that the IT company on the 2nd floor had suffered water damage, so I ran to the warehouse and was relieved to find both open crates intact with a massive puddle of water next to them... We were litterally inches away from towel apocalypse in the warehouse!!!
Airshot tire canister has been fantastic for me. I have seated both mtn and road bike tires with ease... I have had absolutely ZERO luck seating a mtn bike tire with a floor pump with my setup. Ended up begging a shop in Moab to help me out before I had one.
You're supposed to add water, not wooder :)
Seth, can we please have more trail building videos!
I have the Schwalbe Tire Booster, equivalent of the milkit product. Different from the Milkit booster, the Schwalbe comes with a hose to connect it to the tire, which I think is way more convenient.
For me, this works very well (unless I botch the rim tape, like in my last try 😆).
I've used airshot I got from amazon and it works pretty well at seating my tires. I've also got the same crankbrothers battle cage thing. I've been using it a lot and it's great!
If you’re living out of a van you should probably carry an air compressor for the van’s tires.
Those compressed paper towels can be found in the camping section of the dollar store here in Canada, I think they're about a quarter each.
aha yeah, I was thinking similar. I got mind from Daiso (Japanese variety store) for $3.
Seth we absolutely love all of your contents and we really do appreciate your effort for making our days better with your videos
Sounds like they just made the strongest water bottle ever. Probably way more durable considering it has to be able to contain 160 PSI without exploding.
To me, it serms they took an existing water bottle design and only designed the new "cap" with the valves. Then they just send you the normal cap because the manufacturer of the bottle is including it in the deal
Milkit inflators are pretty great. My pump is medium sized and can't get tubeless seated, but these do the trick 90% there and the rest i can do with the pump or a second round. It was the cheapest option for me at around 20€ for just the valve, then it fit on an old bottle i wasn't using anymore.
I'm getting those towels for RAGBRAI, thanks man
I bought a bag of 50 of the compressed towels about 6 years ago. I'm problem good for another 6 years or more. I carry some on camping trips. I use them as a wash cloth when I lose or forget mine. I stopped carrying toilet paper and used this in an emergency, then packed it out in the trash.
New to this channel and the sport. Love the content, informative, and entertaining. I am looking forward to buying my first mtb and trail riding. 😊
My HoverAir hinge broke first time out. And they do not offer replacement parts at all. The hinges are the weakest point, but some tape and glue fixed it. Footage is not great in forest when there TONS of detail but good enough. I take it through intense bush and trees fast since i'm less afraid to break something that's broken and I am pretty impressed on the shots I can get. It really just locks onto you and will follow you without any concern for its own safety, and also your own. It comes after me sometimes but its okay because of the size and fan guards. I have some videos on here from my rides, if it had a better camera and no hinges (or stronger ones) it might be the perfect drone/cameraman for someone not interested in "Setting up shots". You just press and go.
If you're talking about the Robert Axel you should do a review of Old Man Mountain racks on a full suspension bike.
Dakine gripper bag fits everything I need, those multi purpose cages are for your surgeons and dentist types 😂
I have a different brand of the air pump "booster". It works great for smaller volume tires. You probably need a bigger one for anything over ~50mm.
The camera drone gaslighting you when it runs into things is hilarious 😂
Thank you, you save many people serious money on reviewing what could be best described as excrement.
Seth, I agree with your Hover review. But you should talk about its big limitation for MTbers. Accent, decent speed. I have found it just cannot keep up with any of my mountain bike riding, because, my trails are not flat. as soon as you go up, or down at any reasonable speed, it just falls behind..
If you are on flat roads, it does fine. I dont know the maximum speed, But it will not keep up if you are going downhill at all. I have found anything more than a brisk walking pace, with a vertical change will fail. It just falls behind....
such a bummer, because it is really good. But not for MTB following.
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2:25 😂 I’m new here. What an intro. Hahaha.
FYI Seth, DJI drones are on the brink of being banned in the United States for some silly political reasons, already passed the house and now it's up to the senate. I think the Drone Advocacy Alliance is the group to look up for more information.
I don't think China potentially using private Americans' drones for espionage is a silly political reason. Every Chinese company answers to directly to the CCP so it's a fair concern that this data could be abused.
Like how the CCP went after China critical Journalists using TikTok's GPS data.
I don't think it's political it's really common sense to shut out a government from your market that means harm to your country's people.
Silly reason? Transmitting all data back to the Chinese government? 😂 yeh that’s just silly
@@navykeef what data is being transmitted? DJI is being accused of placing a back door but no proof was ever provided in fact part of the bill is instructing the Navy to deconstruct a drone to find out if there is one... Shouldn't that be fine FIRST before banning something that saves lives and that people rely on for their lively hood?
Besides, what data is being gathered and shared by drones that aren't connected to the internet? What data are drones providing that the CCP can't already get from Google Maps or their own spy satellites? How much food and how many lives is that data worth?
Look up how many Fire Departments, Police Departments, search and rescue volunteers, farmers, home inspectors, photographers, etc., rely on these drones to make a living, grow crops, and save lives. This is just a short sighted "China Bad" ploy by politicians trying to look strong and get votes off the back of the TikTok without understanding the impact of their decisions. You would hope they'd have some proof of the threat they're claiming to be protecting people from, but instead they're going to ban something a critical tool used by by farmers and public servants across the country on the chance their data, which is largely already available on Google Earth, could somehow be stolen by the CCP.
If they're worried about the possibility, then sure go ahead and look into it. Don't sacrifice people's physical security and livelihoods in the name of protecting their data from a theoretical threat that hasn't even been evaluated yet by the security experts in your own military.
@@navykeeftell me you didn't read the bill without telling me you didn't read the bill 😊
People can’t help themselves but to disrupt emergency services operations with their drone use, only takes one idiot to ruin it for everybody
Airshot makes an awesome inflator that works for me when a floor pump won’t work.
I have a similar "pump booster" that can be used while still attached to the pump. That way you can keep pumping after the boost if it dos not seat completely. Works really well. And as many have comented... I would never drink from there, you might drink lubricant or sealant, its surprising they advertise that "feature".
I'd like to see how the mechanism on the Crank Bros tool behaves after a few weeks or years use in mud. It's a recurring problem with all the bolt to the bike style tool kits - they seem to all be designed for people who never ride in wet, muddy conditions.
Potentially in the firing line of loose rocks/stones/gravel etc too
@14:53 is the best part of the video. Saving the best for last. Haha!
That second crank bros tool set would be ideal on my Marino full suss
If you're going to be out far away from good toilet options (this is my experience while hiking), some kind if wet wipe - either those tablets or a small pack of baby wipes, and some hevyay duty dog poo bags are absolutely worth carrying.
Love the towel tablets. I've been carrying them for a few years. They're great for wiping off a sweaty face to get rid of the salt crusties and dirt mid ride. Oh, and you can wipe your bum if you need to as well.
I bought around 200 compressed cotton towels from Amazon for like £15.
I always have a few in my bag for when I cycle to work and want a quick freshen up before putting on my work clothes.
Mine are a lot bigger than this. Start out around 1.5 inch and end up roughly 18 inch square.
They are a godsend.
got a bag of 100 compressed towels on aliexpress for like 3.40€ (sale price, usually they are around 5 bucks) they are pretty usefull as you can soak them with many kinds of liquids to serve special usecases or just help to keep your hands clean in case of a dropped chain.
I bought something like 20 of those compressed towels for the equivalent of about USD$2, and keep a couple floating around in work bags and the like for emergencies. If there's a "Daiso" near you check them out.
i have my own trick of seating a tubeless tire on the rim, if you have any old floor pump you can rip the cable hose out and then you can put the end that was attached to the floorpump on your presta valve and put the other end on a tire like a dj tire that can go up to 80psi (just any tire that can hold high pressure) then the air from the dj tire gets transfert to the tubeless tire that needs to be seated and thats enough air to seat it
Wow the way this video starts is SO slick