Tips for tubeless.

People keep screwing up their tires trying to go tubeless. Here's the steps I take, usually it works.

1. Put Stan's tape covering all the spoke holes of the rim, use 2 layers, be sure its very tight.

2. Mount Tubeless Bulldog or Piranha tire with tube. Do not use a tire lever, if you can't mount it, take it to a bike store. Using a tire lever messes up the beed.

3. Air the tire up to 50psi with tube. The tape will get pressed down firmly and the tire will "learn" its shape. Let sit for 24 hours.

4. Remove tube.

5. Install stan's valve core for tubeless, remove valve core.

6. Get soap, I like to put dish soap in water in a water bottle, shake it real good and it gets soapy. Use a brush to get the entire bead on both sides of the tire real soapy. Be sure to get the opposite side of the valve really soapy since this is the area it is hard to seat.

7. With the valve core removed, use air compressor to air up. Since the core is removed, air will get into the tire way faster.

8. DO NOT air tire above 50psi. If you get to 50 psi and the tire isn't seated all the way, then take out all the air, add more soap, try again. Just cuz the tire says 80 psi, doesn't mean the rim tape or the rim can take that much air with big cx tires.

9. Once the tire is seated(pop, pop), remove the compressor pump and the air will come out of the tire quickly.

10. While the bead is still fit into the rim, use a syringe to install the sealant.

11. Install the valve core.

12. Air up the tire with a floor pump to 35 psi, shake around and ride it.