Compressor for tubeless tyres
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http://www.jetgadgets.com/sip-05291-air-compressor...
Does this compressor look good for doing tubeless tyres on a mountain bike? I saw they were selling them in Costco for £100 and its quite small which would work well for me.
It only has a 2 litre capacity tank but does 80 litres a minute, I only need it for pumping up tyres?
Does this compressor look good for doing tubeless tyres on a mountain bike? I saw they were selling them in Costco for £100 and its quite small which would work well for me.
It only has a 2 litre capacity tank but does 80 litres a minute, I only need it for pumping up tyres?
Saw what looks a great device in my local bike shop for pumping up tubless tyres. Made by bontranger. It's a track pump that has a air chamber that you pump up to 160 psi and then release the pressure into the tyre. I gave it a go in the shop, it worked really well.
http://www.bontrager.com/model/11881
http://www.bontrager.com/model/11881
Edited by RGambo on Saturday 2nd May 19:39
Edited by RGambo on Saturday 2nd May 19:39
That looks like it would do the job fine. Nice it's a bit more portable than most. I saw a bigger compressor on sale in screw fix and so went for it but it's a heavy lump.
I saw another bicycle specific kit not sure who made by but at £60 for basically a bottle and valve it made more sense to by a proper garage compressor to use air tools etc
I saw another bicycle specific kit not sure who made by but at £60 for basically a bottle and valve it made more sense to by a proper garage compressor to use air tools etc
Do people really struggle with tubeless?
I've only recently set up my first set - Maxxis High Roller and Ardent LUST tyres on Pacenti TL28 rims - and they both went on perfectly easily just using a bog standard track pump.
Failing that, I saw a thing online which involved building your own ghetto inflator it using an old 2 litre coke bottle, a couple of old bike valves and some tubing.
Basically, the idea was to fit the two valves through holes in the bottle top, connect your pump to one, remove the core from the other, then run tubing from that one to your wheel's valve.
Bend the tube, pump the pressure up in the bottle (although I can't remember to what!!!) then let go of the tube and marvel as your tyre inflates instantly!
I've only recently set up my first set - Maxxis High Roller and Ardent LUST tyres on Pacenti TL28 rims - and they both went on perfectly easily just using a bog standard track pump.
Failing that, I saw a thing online which involved building your own ghetto inflator it using an old 2 litre coke bottle, a couple of old bike valves and some tubing.
Basically, the idea was to fit the two valves through holes in the bottle top, connect your pump to one, remove the core from the other, then run tubing from that one to your wheel's valve.
Bend the tube, pump the pressure up in the bottle (although I can't remember to what!!!) then let go of the tube and marvel as your tyre inflates instantly!
I did a pair of maxxis High rollers on old Mavic D571, pair of Continental XKings fine on Easton EA70 with a track pump and wondered what the issue was, people saying you need a compressor etc. Then I got to my DH bike Maxxis Minnions on Alex rims, had to give up. Bought a garage air compressor and straight on with out a thought. It does make it so easy.
neenaw said:
I've never needed anything more than a track pump to inflate tubeless tyres. I bought the compressor for some other jobs.
I've found that with a drop of soapy water on the tyre bead they'll pop onto the rim with no issues at all.
Admittedly there is a learning curve which the compressors will flatten but I can get tubeless tyres to seat in seconds now with a regular track pump and spme soapy waterI've found that with a drop of soapy water on the tyre bead they'll pop onto the rim with no issues at all.
neenaw said:
I've never needed anything more than a track pump to inflate tubeless tyres. I bought the compressor for some other jobs.
I've found that with a drop of soapy water on the tyre bead they'll pop onto the rim with no issues at all.
I guess it depends on setup - only my Easton rims are tubeless ready, my others are ghetto, one set isn't even for discs.I've found that with a drop of soapy water on the tyre bead they'll pop onto the rim with no issues at all.
as mentioned above, the bontrager accumulator pump thingy looks pretty nifty:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1DFCWG03zs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1DFCWG03zs
My mate has 2 track pumps, an expensive one, and a cheap one, the cheap one does his tubeless fine, yet the expensive one won't.
I played it safe and bought a compressor.
Its worth spending a little extra to get one that will do other jobs, you need to check the CFM (cubic feet / min) rating, and look at the requirement of any other tools you may wish to use, spray guns etc.
The best bonus I have found with mine is drying the bike off after washing it, you can get all the water out of the chain, jockey wheels etc before applying lube!
Saves time and does a much better job.
I played it safe and bought a compressor.
Its worth spending a little extra to get one that will do other jobs, you need to check the CFM (cubic feet / min) rating, and look at the requirement of any other tools you may wish to use, spray guns etc.
The best bonus I have found with mine is drying the bike off after washing it, you can get all the water out of the chain, jockey wheels etc before applying lube!
Saves time and does a much better job.
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