Reply To: Tubeless MTB tires: Should the bead "pop"?

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I used two little bottles of the sealant I got a bike shop when I was on a riding trip.

It looks like it is holding air this morning.   I’ll have to wait a while to test it, it’s 17F outside.

Since the rims have no brand on them, and there is sealant coming out of the weld of the rim I would assume this isn’t going to work.  I’ll stay close and as always, have a spare tube.

On second look, nothing says tubeless on the rim or the tire.  I don’t remember where I saw “tubeless ready”.  I just got tired of buying expensive tubes just to have cacti wreck ’em every 50 miles.  So this post should be renamed “Ghetto Tubeless”.