I'm swapping one of my wheels from 29 to 27.5 on the rear - assuming the 29'er won't be used for a while, how is best to store it?
Leave inflated, rotate occassionally to move the sealant round and all will be fine?
Or best to remove the tyre and sealant?
If it’s going to be months of storage I’d remove the tyre, reuse as much sealant as I could in the new 27.5 setup and store the 29 wheel and tyre clean.
I hang them from the garage rafters and periodically rotate them and pump them up if needed.
If its gonna be months and months, pop one bead and scoop the liquid sealant out to use in your new one.
Top tip - the perfect tool to use this is the lid of an aerosol can, paint or GT85 etc - about the right diameter and conforms to the shape inside the tyre.
Use a tubeless syringe to suck the sealant out. No need to pop the tyre bead.
I use something similar to this.
My tubeless winter commuter wheels and tyres have done 2 summers of being left in about in a wooden storage shed box thing and only to be moved out the way to get other things occasionally. No problems with them this winter and sealant was still good.
Use a tubeless syringe to suck the sealant out. No need to pop the tyre bead.
I use something similar to this.
Yeah I put sealant in with a syringe, so was thinking about removing it with a syringe
Put it in a corner and forget about it. It’s a problem for future you to worry about.
Put it in a corner and forget about it. It’s a problem for future you to worry about.
How did you know that's exactly what I'll end up doing? 🤣
I normally try to re use the sealant on the new tyre (or wheel), remove the tyre from the old wheel and give both the tyre and wheel a good wash to remove crud. Weirdly, it has never even occurred to me to just store the old wheel for any significant length of time (I wouldn't tend to swap out a wheel for anything other than a significant length of time).
If over 6 months I'd remove the tyre, cleanly it pretty thoroughly then remount, reinflate but don't add sealant.
People actually consider these things? Just take it off and store it whole, when you put it back on, if the tyre doesn't stay up, chuck more sealant in and pump it up.
I'd be more bothered about the bearing seizing up if the storage area isn't totally dry / low humidity.
As someone who has left a bike unridden for a couple of years, tubeless set up and completely flat tyres now, I will find out soon how much a PITA it will be to sort them out!