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Not the usual question but looking to change to tubeless and was wondering how much of a faff is it to change tyres for different conditions, say summer to winter? Or do you go for an all round tyre? Obviously if you are running tubed tyres it's easy-peasy but there's the matter of dealing with the sealant residue on the tyre you are taking off. Do you just leave it or clean it off?
Can't remember seeing anything about this.
I can change a tubeless tyre now in less time that it takes to change a tubed one. No faff at all, but it did take practice.
So what do you do with the sealant in the tyre you take off?
[i]So what do you do with the sealant in the tyre you take off?[/i]
That's the faff bit, for sure!
I scrape inside the tyre with an aerosol can cap to collect it all. Sometimes, if you plan on using those tyres again, you have to clean it all off, as dried sealant will get in the way of holes being sealed. If it's dried and you have to pick it off... not fun.
Thanks. That's what I was getting at - swapping tyres for conditions seems to be more of a faff.
I can change a tyre faster than ive seen most people change a tube. Release one side of the tyre from the rim and scoop most of the sealant out with the red scoop that comes with stans sealant, or other round scoopy type object. This takes literally 10-20 seconds. Wipe what you cant out (which wont be much) with some paper towels. I've never bothered with scraping the old crap out, cant see the point and ive never died, and ive never had a tyre fail to seal because of this.
Re-use sealant in new tyre and add new sealant if required. easy.
edit: im not a serial tyre swapper- I generally stick with the same unless it gets very muddy which then stays on until it dosent get muddy. But if I was I'd stick with tubeless regardless.
Ta creamegg, most if not all the blurb about tubeless is upgrading to or fitting new tyres rather than working with the system on an on-going basis. Good to know that it isn't much of an issue. Like any system you need to know the finer details to get the best out of it.
it does help if you've got a tyre / rim combo that goes up easily (i.e. without a compressor, inflator etc)/. All mine go up with a track pump which helps a lot.
Yeah, having said that, I'd never go back to tubes!
Over the last few weeks I've changed my tyres over about 6 times for varying reasons. I wouldn't usually change them over so often!
Since the sealant wasn't very old I just scooped it out from the old tyre and popped it into the one I was putting on. Sometimes added an extra splash of fresh sealant for good measure.
Certainly didn't take me much longer than changing a tubed tyre... except for one of the tyres which was a real pain to inflate!
You need a winter bike and a summer bike. 🙂
I find it a real hassle. Messy, one tyre is always a difficult bsstard to inflate and so on. but it's worth it
Pour out the old sealant but don't scrape anything off - this makes sealing it quicker whenever you put that tyre back on.
Buy extra wheels.
Are you managing to get the new tyre seated without pumping it up with a tube first?
Or do you go for an all round tyre?
This.
Tubeless offers better grip than tubes anyway - and when it's muddy I just try to ride on rocky trails instead. Obvs that might not be an option depending where you live.