Tubeless sealant

straas

I've just gone tubeless on my summer bike (ksyrium elite ust).

I've used over half the supplied sealant on the install - what do I do now, periodically top up, or do you take the tyres off after a certain period and clean and re-seal?

I've tried to look through all the bumf that came with them but I got fed up...

Andymaxy

If your not too concerned with weight you can just top it up and not worry about cleaning the dried sealant out.I've got mavic ust wheels too, I think what I will do is take the tires off and clean the rim every other time I need to add new sealant. I've opted to use orange seal, which some people argue is the best sealant, but it is only supposed to last for about a month. So this means I'll take my tires off every two months and clean them.

singleton

I have tubeless on both summer and winter bikes.
Once a year I taken them off, clean them out and reseat them with new sealant.

Every couple of months (or when I remember) I try to shake or spin the wheel to see if I can hear any sealant still inside, if so I leave it. If not, I add a bit more.

schlepcycling

I use milKit valves with my tubeless setup https://milkit.bike/en. They're absolutely brilliant for checking the amount and/or quality of your sealant and for topping it up without having to break the seal.

sloppyschleckonds

I find if you take tyres off, you have to replace the rim tape to get a good seal.
I generally top up every month or two

clickrumble

I very rarely take the tyre off, only do so if I've had a bad puncture that needs a further repair with a patch at home. You can check the sealant level by removing the valve core, place the valve at the 6 o'clock and use a piece of wire poked down into the valve core to check the sealant level. I did read somewhere that you can also check the sealant level by poking a pin through the inflated tyre to check that it seals, though I wouldn't want to deliberately make even more holes in my tyres so I haven't tried this one!

straas

How do you get the valve core off without all the sealant filling the presta valve during deflation?

lincolndave

I always have the valve at the top, when I remove the core
Never had a loss of sealant as yet

arthur_scrimshaw

Apparently there's now a sealant available that doesn't dry out?

https://www.bikerumor.com/2018/02/12/ne ... r-dry-out/

janwal

+1 for milkit kits. You can check ,add or remove fluid with tyre still on.