[Closed] Tubeless ..do I need a core remover and...

You can use pliers to remove cores, although I carry a two quid tool from ebay. The 2oz Stans bottle is perfect for getting sealant into the valve stem.

Muc off valves come with a tool

Nah, core remover can be useful for stubborn tyres but not essential (and besides, you can bodge it with pliars, some spoke keys are the right size too). Syringe, well, you kind of need something squirty and measurey, I use the wee bottles of stans fluid, I'm sure you can buy an expensive syringe or a 20p one off the internet...

Second the little Stans bottle tip.

My Topeak rocket pump has a valve core remover built into one of the caps so I’ve always got one to hand.

Valve core remover is definitely useful, doesn't need to be a fancy one.

I have a proper Stand injector syringe and also one of the small bottles. I actually prefer to use the little bottle as the syringe needs cleaning to stop it clogging so is more hassle.

The chain tools on Lezyne multi-tools have slots that fit valve cores, pretty sure other makes do too. They are actually spoke keys. A small pair of pliers will also work - I've a Leatherman Squirt.

The chain tools on Lezyne multi-tools have slots that fit valve cores

So they do! Nice one, every day's a school day!

Cheers little bottle of Stan's and pliers it is

I have a bottle that comes with schwalbe doc blue, which i use to measure. But I usually just unseat the tyre a bit and squirt it in there. quicker than messing with a valve core.

100ml syringe from eBay, short length of windscreen washer hose. Done.

Decathlon tubeless valves come with a valve core remover, little plastic jobbie, good to have in pack on rides but not really needed at home.

You can also buy valve caps with integrated core removers for a couple of quid. Means you'll never be without one. But I've never needed one out on the trail in thre years of riding tubeless. An injector is handy, but not essential.

Doing it the 'seat tyre dry with removed core, then inject sealant through core' way is much cleaner in my experience than tipping some sealant in and then trying to seat the tyre.

I use Orange seal endurance which has a tube to let you pump sealant in via the valve.

I wouldn't be without my Lifeline metal core remover ([url= https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/lifeline-valve-core-remover-tool/rp-prod155551 ]£1.49 @CRC[/url])
Just stick one in the basket next time you order (when they have them in stock, of course).

I re-use a Mavic sealant bottle (like that ^^^ Stans one) to measure and squirt the sealant through the valve so syringe not required. As Phil Collins once said.

I've used medical syringes in the past but they can get gummed up. These days I use an old Mavic container to measure too, but never through the core, they can also get gummed up. Easy to slip the tyre open and squirt a bit of sealant in.

100ml syringe from eBay, short length of windscreen washer hose. Done.

Alternatively 20ml syringe from eBay and no need for washer hose as end of syringe fits neatly into valve (although you will need to squirt 2 or 3 syringe fulls in for new tyre)

they can also get gummed up

Interesting. Never had this in over 10 years of tubeless use.
(I do remember one rider having a bunged valve on the trail once, so I'm not saying it doesn't happen.)

The sealant I use won't go through the valve or the syringes. Only way is to pour into the tyre.
The valves I have I thing superstar or Uber bike the valve cap is a valve core tool as well so handy.

If you want to change tyres in the future a syringe and tube make this a far less messy task, as you can suck out most of the sealant.
But it's not essential.

I seem to have a vast collection of brake bleed syringes which work prefect for sealant duties. Can’t ever see me simultaneously bleeding three bikes.

gave up faffing with syringes or them mini bottles ages ago. just pop a couple of inches the tyre off the rim after you've seated it and pour a big glug in. turn wheel upside down and pop back on. takes seconds.

Do you need them, no, but do you want them, definitely!

Core removers are useful for so many things over time, i use mine quite a bit on the bike, car tyres, etc, cores get bunged up and nasty over time, so i replace them, a bag of cores cost pennies, same with a syringe for the sealant, when i put new tubeless tyres on, i don't put sealant in to start, to make sure the wheel doesn't have any unacceptable leaks, this will be left for a day, then when i see it's fine, i can just remove the core, stick the sealant in, then inflate, no need to break the seal, no messing about, a quick 5 minute job and it's done. I can then remove a syringe worth and add a new syringe worth not and again to keep it fresher.