amoryns Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 ok so got the new mtb and asked the bikeshop to covert it to tubeless. Got home yesterday not even haven gone for a ride yet and back tyre as flat as can be with white fluid all over my floor...... how can I determine if they converted it to tubeless......and why the milky fluid on my floor?
TitusTi Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 They did convert and the conversion didn't take, the milky fluid is the sealant and you now don't have a tube, try pumping it up again and see if it stays inflated?After a conversion it's best to ride the bike stratight away, helps the sealant slosh about and seal.
NotSoBigBen Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 Wooohoooo - best news I have seen this week!!!!! No more excuses now. As TitusTi says my experience is also to ride it and then ride some more and more and ...... It does 'settle' down pretty quickly!
dirtrider Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 But it is better to ride slowly around the house a few times . It ensures that the fluid seals all the holes as there are always a few leaks first time around . The white stuff lying all over the place is the sealant .
amoryns Posted March 20, 2008 Author Posted March 20, 2008 Wooohoooo - best news I have seen this week!!!!! No more excuses now. As TitusTi says my experience is also to ride it and then ride some more and more and ...... It does 'settle' down pretty quickly! hel niemand het dit vir my gese....was ook bietjie moeilik om om die blok gaan ry het met al die reen....
Mudsimus Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 Ride the bike straight after the conversion with the wheels relativly flat. That will seal them chop chop.
NotSoBigBen Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 Wooohoooo - best news I have seen this week!!!!! No more excuses now. As TitusTi says my experience is also to ride it and then ride some more and more and ...... It does 'settle' down pretty quickly! hel niemand het dit vir my gese....was ook bietjie moeilik om om die blok gaan ry het met al die reen.... Hey pump that wheel and go ride now ............ oh that damn work thing probably gets in the way sorry If you don't get it inflated with a hand/floor pump use a bomb (OK OK I know some say it will freeze/coagulate/stuff up the Stan's but I done plenty like that and I'm OK, but then again maybe I'm not ........)
TheLegend Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 I have only changed a tubeless tyre once and there were no sealing issues at all. Is it different when using non-ust tyres? is it more difficult to get them to seal?
dirtrider Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 Not really . I always go for a short ride on a bike after the conversion and it always seals perfectly . It is more difficult to get a proper seal on old tyres and rim tape that got old sealant all over them . That tyre should inflate using a floor pump but use a bomb then if you must !
NotSoBigBen Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 Just this morning I was thinking after 2 roadbike punctures yesterday (OK so the one tube LittleBen gave me had a puncture already grrrr!) when last did I have an MTB puncture ........ it's been like forever! Tubeless rules (now .......).
amoryns Posted March 20, 2008 Author Posted March 20, 2008 ja het ook nog geen probleme met tubeless gehad...tot nou...grrrso sal na die naweek eers vir die eerste keer op my nuwe fietsie kan gaan ry..wow dis sad...die ding al vir week ek nog nie eers gaan rykan ek nie net die tyre by die garage gaan op pomp nie...geen manual labour....just push the button
Spinnekop Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 was ook bietjie moeilik om om die blok gaan ry het met al die reen.... Dog jy's 'n mountainbiker....Bang vir nat word??? Vet smelt nie in water nie......
amoryns Posted March 20, 2008 Author Posted March 20, 2008 was ook bietjie moeilik om om die blok gaan ry het met al die reen.... Dog jy's 'n mountainbiker....Bang vir nat word??? Vet smelt nie in water nie...... uhm ok
AndreZA Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 Nevermind die tubeless storie, waar is die kiekie van die nuwe mens aangedrewe trap vervoermiddel?
amoryns Posted March 20, 2008 Author Posted March 20, 2008 Nevermind die tubeless storie' date=' waar is die kiekie van die nuwe mens aangedrewe trap vervoermiddel? [/quote'] kiekie le by huis want glo nie daarin om aardse besittings af te show....maar dit lyk iets soos die volgende....
AndreZA Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 Nevermind die tubeless storie' date=' waar is die kiekie van die nuwe mens aangedrewe trap vervoermiddel? [/quote'] kiekie le by huis want glo nie daarin om aardse besittings af te show....maar dit lyk iets soos die volgende.... Tog werk jy hard om die beste "aardse besittings" te kan bekostig. Anyway, BAIE nice. Many happy "upright" miles.
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