I know you did this video forever ago but it was just what I needed today, 2 years later, to feel confident in fixing a puncture on a long ride planned this weekend. Thank you!
@@JulietElliottsChannel I just realized you're so close to 100k subscribers! Love all your content. It's nice to look at a series where someone travels with their bike right. You and Francis Cade are scratching my itchy for travel feet. It was people like you and Christie Brinker who helped me choose Sufferfest when I realized I was going to be doing a lot of indoor cycling. Hoping to pay it forward and sharing your videos as much as I can.
Perfect... Just what I needed! I was just about to search for how to repair tubeless and like magic this video just presented itself! Just ordered a dynaplug (and airshot). Cheers, Julie!
Superb & very helpful...have all the gear ready but yet to need to plug a tyre but seeing you do one has reassured me that it's not as complicated as I first thought...fingers crossed I don't ever get to have to use it 🤞🏼 Keep the great content coming!
Thank you for demonstrating it how easy is to push the dart to the tire, even a woman can do it without difficulty. I wasn't quite sure if it takes a lot of strength to push through the dart. As I saw you do it, it looks not that hard. So if you can do it, I can do it too. Thank you again for demonstrating it
The other game changer part of using these, is that you no longer even need to remove the wheel to repair the tyre, which is massive when in a race (I don't have a team car:( ). My last repair was ~30s to fix and I lost about 5psi between puncture and repair, so no air required either.
Hello Juliet. You could make us all very happy (OK you could make me very happy) by simply, going out riding throughout the West Country but telling us where you are and where you are going so we can follow you on a map. You can take your mate, Laura. Keep the videos coming Juliet. Good luck and keep happy xx
Hi John, I thought I did tell you where I was and where I’m going? I’ll have to try harder! Have a look at my Strava account as all my routes are on there. Seeing laura today and we are planning some bikepacking soon!
@@JulietElliottsChannel Thanks for your kind reply Juliet. There's a bit of a clue in the word "map"! Moet electronic devices defeat me and that applies to Strava although my daughter has tried to explain it to me. Best wishes x
Bought a dynaplug a while back. Excellent piece of kit. Quite pricey though even for extra darts but it works so well and wouldn't go out without it. I don't bother with the c02 I was told it reacts with the sealant but don't hold me to that .
Haha, that cat sound always gets me because I worry it's gonna piss my cat off. She's very territorial. Also, thanks for this video, good to see this in practice.
Round holes are easy to fix. Where tubeless falls down is when you get a straight cut in the tyre and the Dynaplug will open up the slit. I have had good experience with tubeless (milKit is a great sealant as it doesn't dry and contains fibres - whereas Silca is way too thin, and dries the fibres onto the inside of the tyre), but if you ever need to put a tube in it is a very messy affair! Is TPU tubes the better choice now. I think so if you're looking for lightness; not only is the tyre/tube setup lighter, but you also carry less tools.
I also carry a five dollar bill. After learning the trick of using a dollar bill as a "sleeve" or "boot" to temporarily seal a sliced tire, placing the dollar bill between a fresh inner tube and the inside of the tire, I decided to carry at least a five dollar bill on the theory that it would be that much more likely to do the trick.
Agree. A couple of tubes and a few self adhesive patches that's it. Sealant, darts and crossed fingers that the tyre will reseat just isn't worth it, I'm no luddite but if it isn't broke don't fix it.
Running tubeless isn’t just about less punctures. It allows a lower tire pressure too. I also don’t usually have to even take the wheel off to plug the tire.
Only punctures I have had in tubeless are either big ones so needed a tube installing or micro ones that spat the gooo out in a spray. I quickly got the hole side of the wheel down against the road and it sealed, one I put my finger over it and it sealed even faster. I have never used the plugs I carry........YET.
@@Bungle2010 no. Getting the tube in is no different to normal. There is a bit of mess with the goooo all over the place but needs must. The benefit of tubeless so far has been those micro punctures that would leave you with a flat now don’t happen. Larger punctures are a problem in all tyre types setups. Higher pressure set ups may be a drama as the goo comes out fast but I have a technique for stopping that with my finger of the hole. Tiny punctures seal fast though. ALL tyres take a short while to get the goo coated across the bike tyre initially to stop loss of pressure. So a day or so or two or Three rides and it’s fine. It won’t stop or avoid the inability or incompetence to repair a puncture on the riders behalf or fit a tube.
Tubeless doesn’t make you puncture proof. You can’t go out of your way to prove how puncture proof you are. Low pressure tyres can mean you get the rim hitting the tyre and a pinch flat. ( I had one of those ) so for me the over riding benefit is the micro punctures that are a hassle have gone away. Slashed tyres on glass or metal is no different “it’s flat”. I am currently trying it on road 32mm tyres at 90psi. I had a pinch flat but only on so far in 1000km.
Another thing I tried first was to put the goo in an inner tube and sort of judge how long I got before I had a puncture it was months. On gravel and countryside routes with lots of detritus on the tracks and thorns and other sharp sticks and rubbish on the side of the track.
Garden cries for a shrub Juliet 😦 Plastic money notes make good patches if you get a sidewalk tear. You looked so trepidatatious I felt your nervousness.
Thing with tubeless and punctures is that results seem so random to me. I've had punctures where a piece of glass made a puncture the size of venus and that sealed in a few seconds, and ones where you couldnt even see the hole if it wasnt for the sealant fountain, but just wouldnt seal at all...
Good demonstration of how it works. I don't have any tubeless setups atm and I only really know things have gone pear-shaped when a tyre's fully deflating and rolling on a rim. Bit late for plugs by then - or do tubeless setups with sealant not do this?
Hi. What I always wondered: if you repaired once with a Dynaplug, and you ever get a big rip on another place in your tire? Suppose you will be forced to use your spare tire. But what does the sharp cone from the Dynaplug with your inner tire at that moment?
I’d repair the tyre, either with a tyre boot/patch or my sewing it. The tip of the Dynaplug stays inside the tyre, it’s never been an issue seeing as there’s no inner tube
I’d repair the tyre, either with a tyre boot/patch or my sewing it. The tip of the Dynaplug stays inside the tyre, it’s never been an issue seeing as there’s no inner tube
@@darrenelbrow5144 do you get more than one pointy end with the repair kit then in case of further punctures? And does it stay attached to the “worm?” I’ve got visions of it rattling around inside the tyre!
They sell them as a single piece with the metal bit and rubber bit attached to each other. If the plug stays in, the metal bit shouldn't rattle around.
Let’s just hope you didn’t damage the rim tape and compromised your tubeless setup ;-) The way you stabbed the tire and the sound it made hitting the rim, you may have punctured it as well, both when you made the whole, and when you repaired it. Nonetheless, great demonstration!
Juliet, it sure sounded like it from the video, but maybe I’m wrong. It’s definitely a good practice avoiding hitting the rim tape when inserting plug in a tubeless setup! By the way, I really enjoy your content. Keep it coming.
Thank you for the video. I use Dynaplugs on my MTB's but haven't gone tubeless on the roadie.Given you tend to be going quicker on a roadie, do you find you end up getting sprayed with sealant on the roadie when you get a larger hole and is the sealant hard to get off the bike once you get home? Cheers, Mark.
It’s the same as what I was doing with the syringe. Remove the valve core using the small tool I showed, inject more sealant it, put the valve core back and inflate
On the darts I use they are hard plastic with a soft surround that does the sealing. When I next service the bike I remove the dart and seal it properly with a small motorcycle mushroom patch for tubeless tyres.
Why not just use plastic inserts between the the tube and the tire. I have not punctured in 8 years. Or use Schwalbe or Continental Gator Skins with the plastic strip already built in. I really fail to see the point of using tubeless if you need to have all of this paraphenalia with you.
Why not have a friend stab the tire why you are straddling the bike? Then get off the bike and grab your dyna plug from wherever you keep it when you are riding so we can see how long in a real world situation it takes? You’re not going to be walking down the street rolling a wheel 😊
I know you did this video forever ago but it was just what I needed today, 2 years later, to feel confident in fixing a puncture on a long ride planned this weekend. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Never thought about taking a bowl before!! Would be able to take loads of bananas!!
Very cool experiment! GCN would be lucky to have someone like you making content for them.
Thanks, you’re very kind. GCN are great
@@JulietElliottsChannel I just realized you're so close to 100k subscribers! Love all your content. It's nice to look at a series where someone travels with their bike right. You and Francis Cade are scratching my itchy for travel feet. It was people like you and Christie Brinker who helped me choose Sufferfest when I realized I was going to be doing a lot of indoor cycling. Hoping to pay it forward and sharing your videos as much as I can.
Perfect... Just what I needed! I was just about to search for how to repair tubeless and like magic this video just presented itself! Just ordered a dynaplug (and airshot). Cheers, Julie!
Awesome! You’re welcome
Brill liddle video, thanks Juliet! I've got all the gear but no idea, these videos are a huge help
Thanks so much, that’s nice to hear
That was cool, thanks. I did not know about Dynaplug. What an excellent product. You channel is really joyful. Thanks, much appreciated.
That was great Juliet. I have a dinaplug in my kit and demo gave me the confidence to use the plug. Thanks
You’re welcome!
Dynaplug should pay you for this demo and free advert. Love your vids! 🚴❤
I had a 4mm split sealent spewed out, eventually sealed 5 mins , added 10 ml of sealent back pumped up job done.
I've been using these sort of plugs on motorbike tyres for years. Glad they're becoming more available for bicycle tyres. Enjoy some Spring riding!
Plugs are ok for temporary fixes.
Superb & very helpful...have all the gear ready but yet to need to plug a tyre but seeing you do one has reassured me that it's not as complicated as I first thought...fingers crossed I don't ever get to have to use it 🤞🏼
Keep the great content coming!
Thanks for puncturing your tire for us to watch how to plug. Cheers!
Thank you for demonstrating it how easy is to push the dart to the tire, even a woman can do it without difficulty. I wasn't quite sure if it takes a lot of strength to push through the dart. As I saw you do it, it looks not that hard. So if you can do it, I can do it too. Thank you again for demonstrating it
very informative Juliet thank you, not to mention loads of fun to watch!!!
A practical demo of how to repair tubeless tyres and required kit ....perfect 🍺
The other game changer part of using these, is that you no longer even need to remove the wheel to repair the tyre, which is massive when in a race (I don't have a team car:( ). My last repair was ~30s to fix and I lost about 5psi between puncture and repair, so no air required either.
True! Forgot to mention that
Hello Juliet. You could make us all very happy (OK you could make me very happy) by simply, going out riding throughout the West Country but telling us where you are and where you are going so we can follow you on a map. You can take your mate, Laura. Keep the videos coming Juliet. Good luck and keep happy xx
Hi John, I thought I did tell you where I was and where I’m going? I’ll have to try harder! Have a look at my Strava account as all my routes are on there. Seeing laura today and we are planning some bikepacking soon!
@@JulietElliottsChannel Thanks for your kind reply Juliet. There's a bit of a clue in the word "map"! Moet electronic devices defeat me and that applies to Strava although my daughter has tried to explain it to me. Best wishes x
A totally different vibe to KK video today, great stuff!
Thanks!
I see you are getting close to 100k subscribers! Best wishes and hope it happens soon. Always enjoy your upbeat and fun videos.
You're brilliant J, you know all the terms and everything...
Great video, really good to see how it works. Keep the videos coming. cheers
wishing you to have 100K subscribers pretty soon! always learn something with your smiling 😊
Thanks so much!
Tremendous fabulous Moto-X Fox retro Jersey.
Bought a dynaplug a while back. Excellent piece of kit. Quite pricey though even for extra darts but it works so well and wouldn't go out without it. I don't bother with the c02 I was told it reacts with the sealant but don't hold me to that .
First time I’ve heard that, interesting!
Best to read descriptions of things, the mucoff sealant is fully co2 compatible :)
I've got one they're the best thing for fast repairs. Brilliant idea to share on your channel :)
Haha, that cat sound always gets me because I worry it's gonna piss my cat off. She's very territorial. Also, thanks for this video, good to see this in practice.
Perfect! Thanks so much Juliet. That was really helpful.
Round holes are easy to fix. Where tubeless falls down is when you get a straight cut in the tyre and the Dynaplug will open up the slit.
I have had good experience with tubeless (milKit is a great sealant as it doesn't dry and contains fibres - whereas Silca is way too thin, and dries the fibres onto the inside of the tyre), but if you ever need to put a tube in it is a very messy affair! Is TPU tubes the better choice now. I think so if you're looking for lightness; not only is the tyre/tube setup lighter, but you also carry less tools.
that was some great info, thanks juliet
Just cleaned my adventure bike today, tomorrow I will clean the road bike and replace the bar tape with a fresh red one. Spring!
Be careful poking that thing in a road tire. I accidentally went in too deep once and went through my rim tape via a spoke hole. No sealing that.
Cool video, good info if I ever go tubeless. I admit I winced a bit as the tyre was stabbed, like waiting for a balloon to pop!
I also carry a five dollar bill. After learning the trick of using a dollar bill as a "sleeve" or "boot" to temporarily seal a sliced tire, placing the dollar bill between a fresh inner tube and the inside of the tire, I decided to carry at least a five dollar bill on the theory that it would be that much more likely to do the trick.
Haha, good theory!
Thank you :)
Aye, that's a good move. I carry a UK £5 note (feel stronger these days) in the seat or top-tube bug for the same reason + emergency cash.
My anxiety level went through the roof watching you puncture a tyre with a cake skewer 😱
Nice one Juliet 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Morning!
Yeah it's actually spring now.... for reals! woot!
That was fun to watch! Just wondering how much air pressure you lost in those 15 or 20 seconds.
Good job!
Wow nice very helpful video thanks!😊
Funny thing with tubeless is, you end up carrying even more stuff than with a tubes setup.
Not necessarily, but even so, bringing a dart is no big deal
Agree. A couple of tubes and a few self adhesive patches that's it. Sealant, darts and crossed fingers that the tyre will reseat just isn't worth it, I'm no luddite but if it isn't broke don't fix it.
Nah! Stans dart works well. Plastic tip safe on carbon wheels
Running tubeless isn’t just about less punctures. It allows a lower tire pressure too. I also don’t usually have to even take the wheel off to plug the tire.
@@Colleenann61 Yep I'll give you those points. Still sitting on the tubes side of the fence but I may just give it a go. 👌
Only punctures I have had in tubeless are either big ones so needed a tube installing or micro ones that spat the gooo out in a spray. I quickly got the hole side of the wheel down against the road and it sealed, one I put my finger over it and it sealed even faster. I have never used the plugs I carry........YET.
@@Bungle2010 no. Getting the tube in is no different to normal. There is a bit of mess with the goooo all over the place but needs must. The benefit of tubeless so far has been those micro punctures that would leave you with a flat now don’t happen. Larger punctures are a problem in all tyre types setups. Higher pressure set ups may be a drama as the goo comes out fast but I have a technique for stopping that with my finger of the hole. Tiny punctures seal fast though. ALL tyres take a short while to get the goo coated across the bike tyre initially to stop loss of pressure. So a day or so or two or
Three rides and it’s fine. It won’t stop or avoid the inability or incompetence to repair a puncture on the riders behalf or fit a tube.
Tubeless doesn’t make you puncture proof. You can’t go out of your way to prove how puncture proof you are. Low pressure tyres can mean you get the rim hitting the tyre and a pinch flat. ( I had one of those ) so for me the over riding benefit is the micro punctures that are a hassle have gone away. Slashed tyres on glass or metal is no different “it’s flat”. I am currently trying it on road 32mm tyres at 90psi. I had a pinch flat but only on so far in 1000km.
Another thing I tried first was to put the goo in an inner tube and sort of judge how long I got before I had a puncture it was months. On gravel and countryside routes with lots of detritus on the tracks and thorns and other sharp sticks and rubbish on the side of the track.
@@Bungle2010 give it a go, in your tubes. Nothing to lose that way. Micro punctures/flats should be a thing of the past.
Helpful video, thanks! Love all yr vids 🚵🏻♀️🦋❤️
Thanks so much Jennifer
I use Stans Dart for the holes that the sealant won't fix. The handle of the dart insertion tool also contains a valve core remover. Enjoy the ride.
It’s too big really for road tyres. Great for MTB tho
I knew it was Spring - it was the hail, rain, snow, wind and rain...
Garden cries for a shrub Juliet 😦
Plastic money notes make good patches if you get a sidewalk tear. You looked so trepidatatious I felt your nervousness.
Nice tool, but what do you think about the sharp metal point in your carbon rim?
I can't believe she's doing the transcontinental... I'm nervous and excited for her. I'm going to be following her little dot on the map.
"get your dart, shove it in the whole" ooooh matron.
Im in Colorado..cold, snowing, and deadly all at the same time. Need to leave this hell.
That’s a hoot.
Thing with tubeless and punctures is that results seem so random to me. I've had punctures where a piece of glass made a puncture the size of venus and that sealed in a few seconds, and ones where you couldnt even see the hole if it wasnt for the sealant fountain, but just wouldnt seal at all...
I just got one of these but it's insane how pricey it is.
Good demonstration of how it works. I don't have any tubeless setups atm and I only really know things have gone pear-shaped when a tyre's fully deflating and rolling on a rim. Bit late for plugs by then - or do tubeless setups with sealant not do this?
Personally I’d plug the hole before that happens... it’s pretty obvious when you get a puncture so stop and deal with it rather than keep rolling!
I don’t get it. So if the baking skewer is removed and there are no bits of sealant stuck to it, it’s done?
🤣🤣🤣
Hi. What I always wondered: if you repaired once with a Dynaplug, and you ever get a big rip on another place in your tire? Suppose you will be forced to use your spare tire. But what does the sharp cone from the Dynaplug with your inner tire at that moment?
I’d repair the tyre, either with a tyre boot/patch or my sewing it. The tip of the Dynaplug stays inside the tyre, it’s never been an issue seeing as there’s no inner tube
I’d repair the tyre, either with a tyre boot/patch or my sewing it. The tip of the Dynaplug stays inside the tyre, it’s never been an issue seeing as there’s no inner tube
what about doing a 'roadside' cable replacement video?
easier said than done
Stan's Darts. 100% all the way
Hi would hear what you would recommend as a beginner gravel bike, and with what gearing on the bike, best regards Kim from Denmark
nice tool, just one question, where that metal spike go when you put rubber "worm" in tyre?
Ah, I was just about to ask that exact question,. It must be on the inside, right?
Me too!
It stays in the tyre until you eventually replace the tyres
@@darrenelbrow5144 do you get more than one pointy end with the repair kit then in case of further punctures? And does it stay attached to the “worm?” I’ve got visions of it rattling around inside the tyre!
They sell them as a single piece with the metal bit and rubber bit attached to each other. If the plug stays in, the metal bit shouldn't rattle around.
Let’s just hope you didn’t damage the rim tape and compromised your tubeless setup ;-) The way you stabbed the tire and the sound it made hitting the rim, you may have punctured it as well, both when you made the whole, and when you repaired it. Nonetheless, great demonstration!
I didn’t hit the rim, not sure what you heard there!
Juliet, it sure sounded like it from the video, but maybe I’m wrong. It’s definitely a good practice avoiding hitting the rim tape when inserting plug in a tubeless setup! By the way, I really enjoy your content. Keep it coming.
Thank you for the video. I use Dynaplugs on my MTB's but haven't gone tubeless on the roadie.Given you tend to be going quicker on a roadie, do you find you end up getting sprayed with sealant on the roadie when you get a larger hole and is the sealant hard to get off the bike once you get home? Cheers, Mark.
That’s not happened to me but sealant is not that hard to get off
I feel like I’m asking a really stupid question here but does the spike with the rubber in end up in the tyre just floating around?
good stuff 🥰
Can you do a video for topping up sealant?
It’s the same as what I was doing with the syringe. Remove the valve core using the small tool I showed, inject more sealant it, put the valve core back and inflate
Where did you get the dart to repair your tyre didn’t see the link in the description...
There’s no way of saying this without sounding rude and I’m not intending it that way... but you could Google it
The metal tip of the dynaplug stays inside the tire?
It does
Can't go wrong with a pump! I too take one as a back-up to my CO2.
So is the steel spike left in the tyre? So when you get home you have to take the tyre off to retrieve it?
leave it in there until the tyre is worn out completely, it does no harm
On the darts I use they are hard plastic with a soft surround that does the sealing. When I next service the bike I remove the dart and seal it properly with a small motorcycle mushroom patch for tubeless tyres.
That was interesting 👍
@Juliet Elliott Actually nop... just stay with us the next premiere and try to answer the questions the people ask in the chat box...
Will do!
"OH THE HUMANITY!"
Oh no, you saw me stab your tyre 🙈 I’m so sorry 😆
Nice in theory but most of my punctures have been unpluggable. Plus, it takes time to find where the puncture is
Usually you can hear it or see sealant squiring out
now you have a hole in the rim tape as well
I don’t... otherwise the tyre wouldn’t stay up
@@JulietElliottsChannel yes, the sealent would seal it
Nice
50 ml of sealant in a small bottle standard pump, co2 isn't good mix with sealent
Did you ever use the back up inner tube? 🤔
I always take one
@@JulietElliottsChannel yes but did you ever need to use it? 🤔
you dont need to plus hole that small the sealant can seal it.....only plug it if sealant cant seal it
How about a chain repair please ? 🚲 👩🎓
Obiglatory Algorithm Comment.
Chocolate CAKE!
I read that inflating with CO2, which is cold, can negatively affect the sealant inside the tire. The recommendation is don't do it.
Hope you cleaned that skewer afterwards! I wouldn’t want sealant or rubber to get near any of my cakes :P
Had to rescue my wife from tubeless failure, she had spare tube but could not break seal of tyre to fit tube.
Thay can be awkward to break the bead on a trail agreed.
Why not just use plastic inserts between the the tube and the tire. I have not punctured in 8 years.
Or use Schwalbe or Continental Gator Skins with the plastic strip already built in. I really
fail to see the point of using tubeless if you need to have all of this paraphenalia with you.
@@Bungle2010 Different strokes for different folks.
Dang it. Only 14 minutes in and I’m still not the first comment 😂😂
Microsoft edge does what pouch does gratis.
Why not have a friend stab the tire why you are straddling the bike? Then get off the bike and grab your dyna plug from wherever you keep it when you are riding so we can see how long in a real world situation it takes? You’re not going to be walking down the street rolling a wheel 😊
How do you not get covered in.....stuff?
luck mainly. Either that or the sealant has dried up!
@@JulietElliottsChannel Thank you. Be safe.
Evening 😛
And...is that a permanent fix?
You’ve not watched the vid! 🙈 As I say in the video...
Yep. My back tyre is still holding air from last year.
@@JulietElliottsChannel I did. I swear. But. That plug will stay in the tire forever? You don’t need to change it when you get home ?
@@spuggy9ify Really? That’s cool. Thanks !!
@@cb6866 correct, it stays in the tyre for the life of the tyre
2nd account :)
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mmmmm 5 min of blah blah blah before you get to the point , sorry !!!!