Tubeless

There are a few steps you need to follow to successfully install and run a tubeless system. Want us to do it for you? All wheelsets are setup with tubeless tape by default. Simply add the correct sized valve stems, and make sure to pick up some of our highly rated Tickled Pink tubeless sealant. 
For maintenance and ease of use (no mess!), we also have Tubeless Sealant Injectors and Valve Core Removers available.

Pros of running tubeless tires:

• More puncture resistant tire system
• Ability to run lower PSI
• Tire that holds pressure longer (less trips to the pump)
• You get to tell all your friends you are running tubeless (if you have ever ridden with anybody who is riding tubeless you already know this)

Cons of running tubeless tires:

• Tires are harder to mount (but watch our Youtube channel for tips)
• You may need an air compressor to get initial inflation. Remove the valve stem before attempting to seat the bead on the rim.
• Changing a flat on the side of the road can be difficult.

Despite the cons, people like the tubeless set up because of the better protection against flat tires. You will be running sealant inside the tire, and with only having a tire to seal (vs. both a tube and tire), small punctures seal themselves. Larger punctures may be repaired with a small tire plug kit (google side of bacon from genuine innovations). Note that any major cuts, or snake bite flats from bottoming out can still lead to flat tires, even when running tubeless. Yet, for the majority of times where a pinhole type of puncture occurs, tubeless will not flat in those situations.

We spent years in coming up with the new rim profiles to ensure a perfect tubeless setup.
Things like angle of the rim bed, center channels, rim diameters, even spoke hole width were considered. With this, we are confident that we have the best possible solution for running a tubeless setup (right down to the nut used to tighten the valve). Below is a video that shows the Boyd Cycling tubeless advantage.

Tubeless specific tire – The tire MUST say tubeless specific on it. Tubeless specific tires have a reinforced bead on them, if you try to run a non-tubeless specific tire as a tubeless set up it will not seat right and will blow off the rim.

Tubeless valve (ideally with removable valve core) – In order to create an air tight seal, you need a valve that securely clamps in place. We have tubeless valves designed for every depth of rim we offer. Each tubeless valve will come with removable valve cores, and our patent pending tubeless wing nut, a unique solution to being able to tighten and loosen the nut on your tubeless valves.

Tubeless rim tape – All wheels are set up with Tubeless Rim Tape. If you are not interested in running tubeless, the tubeless rim tape still makes a great rim strip. If you are looking to convert your wheels you already own, we have different width tapes for different width wheel.

Sealant – The sealant is what helps make the tubeless system more puncture proof. After you have the tire and valve installed, but before inflating the tire, you will want to add the sealant inside the tire. We’ve developed our Tickled Pink tire sealant that smells like bubblegum, and is bright pink – so that you can easily spot the tire pressure issue.

Tire levers – Tubeless tires fit tighter on the rims and can be a lot harder to install. If you are not comfortable using a tire lever then tubeless may not be the best option (especially if you flat while out on a ride). The alloy wheels will be easier to mount a tire on compared to the carbons. With the carbon clinchers, the bead seat is already fairly tight, so installing a tubeless tire on them will be difficult. Watch our youtube video for a trick that makes it easier to mount these tires. Use the levers to remove the tire.

Air compressor – In order to get initial pressure into the tire and get it to seat in the rim, a pump usually will not supply air fast enough for this. First remove the valve cores of the valve stems with a valve core remover tool. An air compressor can save you a lot of unnecessary pumping (cyclists are notorious for not having arm strength). Several floor pumps also now include air pressure chambers, to store up high psi to mimic the effects of using a compressor.