ok so i have:
ZTR Flow
Maxxis tyres (currently Aspen 2.1 kevlar which are a pretty good shape though used)
i hear you should be able to seat with a track pump (i have a good track pump, leyzeene high volume half price from cyclesurgery cheers) but no can do without the bead being in.
i’ve run ghetto tubeless before so i know roughly what i’m doing but these ZTR rims have a much better/different bead socket and of course no rubber strip (the yellow tape is in).
how do i get the tyre into the socket before inflating it…. so i can inflate it?
i ran with tubes today (and got 2 flats), anyway this seats tyre perfectly, then i remove the tube, which means unseating one side completely. other side is locked in nicely but all air escapes from side i removed tube through. now what? had some crazy ideas like cutting the inner tube and pulling out one place :p (that would not work either cos you need to unseat whole side to get enough slack to do anything).
it might be strap around tyre and compressor tomorrow unless anyone has better idea.. really wanted to do this with just track pump and ideally be able to redo it when out on trail. must be some trick i’m missing because this was easy on xc717s ghetto.
edit: i think gist of my problem is i’m running narrow tyres on wide rims, before it was wide tyres on narrow rims so the bead naturally filled the space better. don’t ask why i want to run 2.1s on flows, i just do :p