High pressure into Tyres

equinefunk

Hi,

I'm having problems seating a Conti Gravity tyre onto my Bontrager Race Lite Tubeless wheels. My other tyres seated properly at about 70psi using washing up liquid. I'm upto 90psi & these are not seating.

So two questions....
What is the highest safe pressure to put into these tyres? It say 65psi on the tyre?
Any other way to seat tyres in tubeless wheels?

sailor74

if it says 65psi that is your answer.

just plenty of neat washing up liquid

topmoxy

could try using proper tyre soap ,this is very slippery to aid tyre fitting but then it dries and almost sticks tyre to rim.

rhann

if it says 65 do not go over it, the max pressure has very little to do with seating correctly and more to do with will it go bang or not, high pressure should only be used on the road, off road = little or no grip.

bails87

Hmm, this has got me thinking, I converted my wheels to tubeless, with a Joe's kit and Maxxis Advantages at the weekend, but never heard the 'pop' of the bead seating like people have mentioned. Should I have heard this?

They're sealed, I put 40psi in when I first pumped them up to help seal the sidewalls, and they're still at that pressure. But is the tyre going to jump off the rim all of a sudden?

ride_whenever

try a luggage strap to help push the bead to the rim, however if you've got them to 90psi then they're seated!