Valerie: Yes, your floor pump will be fine. Just be sure that the valve locknuts are always tight; otherwise a screw-on chuck or adaptor can loosen them.
I carry 1 tube with the prescribed amount of sealant, in case of puncture that the sealant in the tire won't close. Fortunately, I've yet to use it. I assume that installing the tube would be difficult -- breaking the bead, if you're setup is a good one, and getting the bead to seat again; and messy -- leftover sealant in the tire. After a couple of months carrying 2 tubes, it became clear that flats were largely a thing of the past, and now I carry just the one. After all, if a tubeless system is regularly going to need several spare tubes, it's probably not a good tubeless system. Here in usually very dry NM, I find I have to add more sealant every 2-3 months -- interval indicated by the growing frequency of slow leaks. (When sealant is at proper levels, these are very rare; and even when sealant is low, all flats are slow ones, or have been so far.) After most dirt rides, and many pavement ones, I find the F Freds' tread speckled with little dark spots where the Orange Seal has come through to do its job. With my road bikes, for which I still use tubes but filled with Stan's or Orange Seal, I also carry 1 spare, sealant-filled tube, and I've had to replace tubes only twice in the course of, what, 3 years? I think that sealant in tubes does not work as well as it does in tubeless tires designed to be run tubeless, but it still works PDG. I think I get 1 slow leak for every 20 or so I got pre-sealant, only now of course the slow leaks generally stop themselves -- and this with much lighter tires. Sealant contained in tubes seems to be like sealant in the bottle: it doesn't dry up. Tho' I must, come to think of it, check my tubes to see that this is so. Photos of Hunq? May I indiscretely ask what you paid for it? *On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 7:42 AM, Valerie Yates <[email protected] <[email protected]>> wrote:* * I'm also just getting up to speed on how to maintain a bike that is tubeless. Can I use my floor pump to top off the air when needed or do I always need to use a compressor cartridge? I wanted to get some tubes to have on board just in case it flats out on a ride. And so I've also read some tutorials about installing tubes after tubeless, just in case. Any tips most welcome though perhaps better in a separate thread. * -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
