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When mounting tubeless a little understanding goes a long way

Some combos require more that 1 layer of tape. For example… wtb i19 with wtb trailboss 2.25 this combination although both say are tubeless ready required 2 layers of tape on the front and 3 on the back.

Also keep in mind that riding and or truing a wheelset may actual cause the circumfrence of the rim to schrink from its original stated size. This rear wheel had to have the core removed from the valve and soap had to be used to get it seat using a hand pump.

All tubeless combos once setup correctly should be inflatable with a hand pump. The owner was 225 and loved hucking so you can imagine he had them trued and tensioned before he rode them. After a few months he swapped over to tubeless and neither tire would inflate by hand. Bottom line is this is a lesson to every tubeless rider. The more times you have to true and tension the more the likelyhood the rim is smaller that it was when shipped new. Once you find the correct rim tape layer the inflation issue goes away.

 
<p style=”text-align: left;”>Hope this helps.</p>
 

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