Yesterday I bought valves, sealant and rim tape to set up my tire tubeless, my rim has quite a large dip in the center which made putting the tape in pretty hard, it has lots of bubbles but I say screw it and put the sealant and tire on anyway, I go fill it up and it starts leaking, I rotate the tire around and the sealant fills the leak, I think it’s fine, the next day I come down and it’s flat again so this afternoon I redo the rim tape and mount the tire without sealant to check it, it seals this time so I inject the sealant instead of pouring it in and I think all is well, I re inflate the tire and it still doesn’t leak so I’m happy, until I realise that the tire is backwards, can you give me any advice on how I keep the sealant and don’t soak it in a rag while also mounting the tire the other way around so removing both beads, I still do have the syringe I used to inject it and the volume of sealant will fit so I’m wondering if I use that, here’s a bonus vid of putting the bead on
I just set up tubeless and I realised the tire is backwards
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by Bluedragonfish2
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If you keep it vertical and let the sealant puddle and then do the whole process gently you can just leave it in the tire. If not pour it into something or syringe it out. Not too hard but you’ll likely lose a little.
Tire pattern seems to be pretty close to symmetrical, maybe don’t bother and ride as it is?
If it’s any consolation, the backwards thing seems to be my standard modus operandi, despite my best efforts. “measure twice, cut three times” is my motto.