Hi so I’ve been riding and racing for years and have been running tubeless on TR tires. However, I acquired a new bike and the rims were already set up TR and it was brand new so I assumed so were the tires (they are not). I have ready online that you can just force it and it will work just fine but is not guaranteed to seal without additional sealant. I was just planning on riding it until the tubes went out; sure enough after a while I got a pinch flat and decided to convert. Now I am faced with this.
Just going off of what I know and my experience. When breaking the bead to remove the popped tube, it had a way stronger hold than any other TR tire I had ever broke off. The sidewall is 60tpi and the tires are brand new. Do I buy new tires or just commit?
by Pc_lover69_420
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Idk try it 🤷♂️ I mean why not you have the tires. Worst case it doesn’t work and you are no better off than you started, just a mess to clean up. In my experience most sealant cleans with water pretty well too
Do it. It’ll probably seal fine. Just make sure the tape on the rim is good. Might have to add a couple layers of tape so it’s thick enough if it does leak.
Does it say 60 tpi on the casing? Or, are you visually estimating that?
Also while this post is up, eventually when I get new tires do you think tan sidewall would look nice on this?
Since 2010 I have been running EVERY tire I’ve bought, on every mountain bike I’ve owned, my wife and kids mountain bikes, and their boyfriends bikes, tubeless. Yeah, on thinner sidewalls tires you have to run 30-50ml more sealant, but never had a problem sealing at the bead. WTB tires run a tighter bead so seal really well (I’ve even set up 3 wire bead WTB tires tubeless).