Tubeless Conversion on Maxxis Holy Rollers
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Here's the Bikemanforu Ghetto tubeless video: https://youtu.be/0MyRoTaAUqg In the last month, I’ve gotten quite a few frustrating pinch flats on my mountain bike. I could increase my tire pressure, but I’d rather just convert my bike to tubeless since the main benefit is no pinch flats. The last time I rode tubeless I crashed around a turn and ended up doing the walk of shame back to the trailhead. I took my anger out on tubeless setups in general, but the truth is that I probably could have been up and running again had I brought a CO2. So let’s give it another shot. Tonight, we’ll be doing a tubeless conversion on my Maxxis holy rollers, and standard non tubeless mountain bike wheelset. I want to be clear that I’m not trying to make a tutorial here, just a fun video. So, if you’ve been reading up on Stan’s no tubes, you might be saving up the 3 million dollars you’ll need for rim tape, wheel liners, valve stems, sealant, and injectors On the other hand If you’ve been watching Bikemanforu, you’re digging through the trash for an old inner tube and some broken glass. I like to stay somewhere in the middle of those two extremes. By the way, check out bikeman’s ghetto tubeless video if you haven’t already. My particular tire and rim combination has a real loose fit, so I’m using some liners with valves built in to get a tighter fit and a more reliable seal. Stan’s recommends that you drill out the inner wall of your non tubeless rim with a 3/8th bit, but I’ve found that this isn’t always crucial. I already did the rear wheel last night, so I know that we’ll need 3 full wraps of gorilla tape around the wheel, plus the rubber liner to get a tight seal. Building up the thickness of the original rim is a crucial step in most conversions, and it’s important to do it evenly and neatly for a good seal. If you can’t get your tire to seal, chances are you need to build up the rim more. If you’re a weight weenie you’ll be worried about adding grams of spinning weight with each wrap of tape, but I don’t like to use the G word. Right now, my main concern is stopping these pesky pinch flats. So, 3 full wraps of carefully measured gorilla tape later, and I’m ready to add the rim strip. A good amount of soapy water will help the rubber fall into place evenly. Some people claim they can do it without the soap, but I’m not a fan of going in dry. It’s important to make sure the rim strip is tucked under the lip of the rim all the way around, and that there are no spots where the liner is stretched or thinned out. Next, we’ll put the tube on and see if it can hold air. It would be a shame to have to take all this shit apart with the sealant in, so dry fitting it first will help you to determine how far off you are from a perfect seal. Not perfect, but I find that if it holds ANY air it’ll be fine once the sealant is in. If it holds not air at all then we’ll need to add more gorilla tape under the rim strip. So now that we’re ready to seal this up, we’ll unseat the tire at the bottom and add precisely 2 ounces of sealant…or yeah. Once the sealant is in there, we’ll toss the wheel around real good to coat the inside of the tire, and then it’s time to blast some air in. Now it’s been said that you should do this with a floor pump, because you need to know that the setup will be serviceable outside of a shop. But there’s something really satisfying about about blasting air in and watching the tire go foomt! So rather than cheat ourselves of that satisfying sound, I’ll use a CO2. And, success. This one sealed so well that actually there’s barely any sealant bubbling out. I’ll let the wheel sit for a few minutes in a bunch of different positions to get the sealant everywhere, but riding it is actually the best method of doing this. Actually, since we already have soapy water and a sponge, let’s do a bike wash just for the hell of it. Any decent mountain bike can be washed with dish soap and a sponge, and then rinsed lightly with a hose, as opposed to blasting dirt into your bearings with a pressure washer. So yeah, set your hose to spray, not jet. It’s been an hour and I don’t see any sealant bubbling out, so I’d say this was a productive night. Thanks for watching, and I’ll see you next time. Sealant: http://amzn.to/1IYvSte Gorilla tape: http://amzn.to/1NlwF9x Valve stem (if you aren't using a liner): http://amzn.to/1NlwOd3 Full conversion kits: 29er: http://amzn.to/1IYwEpV 26": http://amzn.to/1RHut19 Universal: http://amzn.to/1IYxDqc
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I highly recommend not doing this with non TLR rims or tires!! I don't want to ever see a fellow cyclist break his neck because of a jimmy rig tubeless set up which unfortunately I've witness before. So go to your local bike shop and have them set you up tubeless the right way.(A Trek dealer) It's not worth getting hurt over some guy saying hey you can do this half ass tubeless set up on a rim that's not meant for it. When you witness a friend brake his neck because of being cheap it will make you think twice.
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I find bikeman for u verry funny xD
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Yeah I'm not a fan of going in dry either....hang on
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I made a liner from a 20 inch tube , but it's not quite as ghetto as bike man's setup.
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do you need specifically tubeless tyres to do this?
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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?
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dish soap has abrasives in the soap! .. I use car wash soap to my bike.... I use to use dish soap for everything at one time butnot now..question for my bike shop use a brown grease and it can't be removed. I even use Mr clean erasers and nothing..every hear of such a thing? next time I got to shop I will like them have it after I got around $6,500 in trek fuel
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can you make a bmx tubeless
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bmx
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can you make a box tubeless
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You sound like Chris fix
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Do the holy rollers have a wire bead?
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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.
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Im not an expert at this thing so only thing i know about tubeless is that its lighter and contains liquid. So if i make my back wheel tubeless do i need to repeat the same thing again if i replace back tire?
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What do you mean by 'soapy water' ? Aka what soap do you use?!
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Is it or not I tubeless tires ?
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I don't like going in dry either Seth👍🏻
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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.
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Do you have to use a tubeless compatible rim to set a tire tubeless?
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Can you make a house tour?
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