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It might come as a surprise to learn that not all of the Singletrack team are riding tubeless wheels. But don't worry, we've sorted that out, and made this handy guide for those of you who also want to convert.
Read our complete guide here..
https://singletrackworld.com/2018/10/is-it-really-that-easy-a-beginners-guide-to-going-tubeless/
Finish Line Tire Sealant - https://www.freewheel.co.uk/finish-line-tire-sealant-varqpt
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hi I'm chip from singletrack magazine
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and this is Amanda hi and we are going
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to show you how easy and simple it is to
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do tubeless a man is not a convert yet
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not yet and so it's my mission to to
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dispel your fears okay
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so you can run lower pressures so once
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it's all set up
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it's pretty fat-free the tuber sealant
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that goes in the tire helps seal any
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punctures from forms and things and
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generally it's so to do that we're going
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to start with the wheel ours is already
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taped for tubeless the idea with
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tubeless is you don't have a tube
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obviously and you just have the tire a
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air tight base of the rim and tubular
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sealant and that's all there is to it
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what you might use is some tubes tape if
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your if your wheel doesn't isn't already
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set up ready for tubeless this DT Swiss
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one comes already taped so all we need
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is to burst valve and that's higher so
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I'll put the tire on first most tires
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man to monetize these days are tubeless
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ready orchard is compatible or you know
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what's the difference between what makes
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it tube was really um what makes the
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cheapest ready is generally on the
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inside they'll be in just a thin layer
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of butyl rubber just to make it airtight
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okay if it's not if it doesn't have that
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you can sometimes rely on that the
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sealant to seal any little holes but I
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think pretty much most times these days
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it already because so many people poke
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me I haven't gone everyone but me having
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um tubers why have you not gone to Bliss
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yet well I haven't haven't been shown
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how okay and I haven't had a puncture
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sir touch touch well upset that now but
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yeah it's not come up yet if I'd have
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got a puncture and didn't have a tube
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then I probably would run but I still
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need to know how so what can do is have
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this cheapest valve there's the sort of
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different shapes but generally there is
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squidgy rubber to
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against tape and then generally a little
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o-ring just the seal from the outside
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and a little more cream so that just
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needs to be smoked up pretty tight okay
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so I'm going to then see to one side of
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the time I seat three-quarters of the
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other and leave a gap to put our tuba
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sealant in using penicillin sealant this
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says that a 29 at which this is for five
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ounces so that's about half that the
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bottle like pancake mix so this has lots
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a little bit of rubber and and things
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that stick together to seal little holes
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in it in the sidewall of the tires the
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principle is a bit like carrot peelings
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in a sink so if you you're peeling
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carrots and you sink and you take the
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plug out all the carrot peeling let's go
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to the plug hole and they see all the
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water in men so that's what the tube
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machine is doing is it's all rushing to
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where there's a hole hole right in
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theory this should go straight out it
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does help to have a charger type pump if
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you can or a compressor the finish line
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stuff you can use with co2 as well some
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sealants you can't because it sort of
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freezes the sealant
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but the idea is to get a blaster a bit
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of air in there which sometimes you can
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do with a really good track pump and
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other times you need to use a charger
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pump
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we've got our charter pump connected
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there's about a hundred and forty psi in
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there and it's all gonna rush in and
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hopefully she'll tar in one go you
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should hear four pops as the bead pops
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into place
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yep and you can check that visually once
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it goes up but here we go there we go
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all sealed so just give that twirl
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around make sure all the sealants evenly
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spread out pump it up to your desired
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pressure which will be the lower than
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you were running with the tube and go
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right right how's your
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okay we've tires equally seated all the
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way around the rim
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we've got no leaks of fluid or air
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it's was that as bad as you thought no
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that was easy didn't think I'd get it
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first time right so if you're not cheap
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us already what are you waiting for
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