I can't say they are spouting hogwash, it can be done with a pump, but its soooooooo much easier with a compressor. One trick is to wrap the perimeter (tread side, all the way around) with a ratchet strap or similar. By pushing down on the tread area, it causes the beads to flair out, thusly becoming easier to seat up. Also, yes, either ride or spin them occasionally and add or change the sealant once or twice a year.
Personally I have one set of tubeless wheels, and while I don't mind them for me, I hate dealing with them for customers at the PT job at the shop. I look at tubeless much like I do clipless pedals. Sooner or later we all fall over at a stoplight. Sooner or later you will have a bead slide off, covering you and your work area with sealant. Scott On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 12:01 PM, David Yu Greenblatt < david.yu.greenbl...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have tubeless tires on all four of my 650b bikes. I've used the > following 640b tires tubeless: Hetre, Pari Moto, Babyshoe Pass Extralight, > Quasi Moto, Racing Ralph, Thunder Burt, Maxxis Ardent Race. I use tubeless > compatible rims with Stan's tape and Stan's sealant and more recently > Orange Seal sealant. I do not use an air compressor. A high-volume floor > pump like the Lezyne Dirt Drive works fine for mounting the tires. > Regarding this subject, your LBS is spouting hogwash. > > David G in San Diego > > > On Feb 9, 2015, at 5:12 AM, Jim Bronson <jim.bron...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What all is involved with initial setup on tubeless? Is there a Riv-ish > guide to doing so? > > My LBS told me that I needed to have an air compressor to make the tires > seat, but I have a hard time imagining that to be true. They also said > that if you don't ride them regularly, it's better to use tubes because the > tire will come off the bead, which relates to needing (again) to have an > air compressor to seat. > > I can't imagine random guys running tubeless all have air compressors in > their respective garages. Or do they? > On Feb 8, 2015 8:56 PM, "Noah Deuce" <iprufr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Two points: >> 1. Definitely use Orange Seal. I've had much better results for initial >> setup with it than Stans; also, doesn't create boogers in your tires after >> time (unlike Stans). >> >> 2. HED Belgium C2+ is another wide, rim braking rim that works well. More >> expensive than the Pacentis, but I've had great results with, both tubed >> and tubeless. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
