Happy Easter Matty & Linda. Happy to have you back. That head wind was our ‘fun’ a few days prior in London, sorry. Did a bit of shopping myself in the last few days - new helmet on the horizon and new cold weather bibs.
I've had 3 different issues with tubeless. Finding the leak is usually easy - I keep a spray bottle with soapy water in it and will spray the whole tire/rim. Most commonly, it has just been a slow leak from a tire that was needing to be replaced anyway. Adding sealant and making sure to slosh it around a bit then filling it back up got the sealant to where the hole was. I usually get this when the tires have lost all tread in the center and I'm just being lazy about getting another tire. I had a leak where my tape had come loose around the valve core. The bubbles were showing up on almost every nipple. I took the tire off, and found a lot of sealant booger around the valve core inside the rim when I took the core out. I removed the tape, cleaned out all the sealant, re-taped the rim with DT Swiss tape, and put humpty dumpty back together again. That did they trick. There was also one set of tires that could just not hold air, even from day one. I bet I added sealant 3 times, and the tires just kept soaking it up. For that reason, I will never again buy WTB tires.
Damn… thanks for this.. definitely going to add a bit more sealant but I did hear it sloshing around when I threw the wheel on the bike before leaving the house for the ride… spray bottle with soapy water is the next step!! 🙏🏻 thanks for watching!! 👍🏻
I don’t believe it was the headwind specifically, the soup strainer is adding significant drag so your efficiency is lost as you cut through the wind. That’s why you never see a race horse with a moustache. Physics.
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The intro music followed by ned flanders' super friendly hello made me laugh 🤣 Don't change a thing, love the music and energy!
Thanks for watching!!! 👍🏻
Happy Easter Matty & Linda.
Happy to have you back. That head wind was our ‘fun’ a few days prior in London, sorry.
Did a bit of shopping myself in the last few days - new helmet on the horizon and new cold weather bibs.
Happy Easter to you, my friend!! Have a great week!
I've had 3 different issues with tubeless.
Finding the leak is usually easy - I keep a spray bottle with soapy water in it and will spray the whole tire/rim.
Most commonly, it has just been a slow leak from a tire that was needing to be replaced anyway. Adding sealant and making sure to slosh it around a bit then filling it back up got the sealant to where the hole was. I usually get this when the tires have lost all tread in the center and I'm just being lazy about getting another tire.
I had a leak where my tape had come loose around the valve core. The bubbles were showing up on almost every nipple. I took the tire off, and found a lot of sealant booger around the valve core inside the rim when I took the core out. I removed the tape, cleaned out all the sealant, re-taped the rim with DT Swiss tape, and put humpty dumpty back together again. That did they trick.
There was also one set of tires that could just not hold air, even from day one. I bet I added sealant 3 times, and the tires just kept soaking it up. For that reason, I will never again buy WTB tires.
Damn… thanks for this.. definitely going to add a bit more sealant but I did hear it sloshing around when I threw the wheel on the bike before leaving the house for the ride… spray bottle with soapy water is the next step!! 🙏🏻 thanks for watching!! 👍🏻
I've had 4 weeks off the bike! Visiting your wonderful country.
Bienvenue, mon ami!!!
Would you believe it! We had the same weather here in Glasgow, Scotland as you had today. Nice and sunny, all day.
Sunny but chilly, right??
Please do a bike review for Felt please! Loveee the paint job...
Sure... will do.
Yep, put some soapy water onto the valve. The same thing happened to me once.
when I've had a similar issue with tubeless it's required a re-taping of the rim and/or attention to seating the valve (or volve, if you will)
Awesome.. thanks.. I will also take a close look at that volve though!!! 😂
It's always the rim tape.
Maybe add another layer of tape. WD-40 type stuff on the volve core. Good luck.
Yeah, going to add a bit more sealant and check the valve before removing the tire…
I don’t believe it was the headwind specifically, the soup strainer is adding significant drag so your efficiency is lost as you cut through the wind. That’s why you never see a race horse with a moustache. Physics.
Damn, why didn’t I think of that… 😂 need to trim the beast for aero gains!!!
Add more sealant ;-) (before doing anything else)
Will do… thanks!🙏🏻
Pathetic and rude music for an intro. I'll not be watching this blog.