Adding tubeless sealant is messy. Tim Straz thinks he has the solution.

https://www.singletracks.com/mtb-gear/the-straz-sealant-funnel-makes-adding-tubeless-tire-sealant-simple/

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hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 1y

I just unsrew the inner part of the valve (Schrader), use a bottle with a thin tip I've prefilled and squirt the goop it in via the valve stem, rotaring occasionally. Screw the stem insert back in, tighten and reinflate the tyre, I thought i was easy. How is it complicated?.

Renorc@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I just break the bead, pour it in, and reseat/reinflate. Not prehistoric, no big deal really.

JBar2@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)
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hummingbird@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Yup, it depends extremely on the tire/rim combination. Some are extremely easy, some are almost impossible to get seated.

Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

I have a compressor bottle. You pump it up with your foot pump to about 10 bar and then use that to fill the tire. Works pretty much every time.

Here's the one I have.

_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Don't they just have syringes you can use instead? That seems easier-er...

perishthethought@piefed.social · 4 pts · 1y

They claim in the article that syringe tubes get clogged. I have no experience with this.

JBar2@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
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nocturne@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 1y

Or something like a grease gun that screws or clamps onto the valve and then forces the goop in.

vomitproject@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Just buy a stans no tubes refill bottle. 2 oz. Then keep refilling the sucker. Remove the valve core. If you're doing it the old school way it's way messier. The stans no tubes syringe was even messier.

I always seat tires before putting sealant in and this almost guarantees no splash back. https://sprocketkings.com/products/stans-no-tubes-regular-tire-sealant-2oz-bottles

_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

What made the syringe messier?

vomitproject@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Just like the device in the article it's fitted around the valve and the sealant goes everywhere. At least the stans syringe was over valve.

infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 1y
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