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Originally Posted by Northendzone
Bleeding some of them (my commuter has avid 3's which were recycled from my mountain bike) can be very tricky and required a kit for $70. Given it is my only bike with avoids, I left the job to the Pro's at Cyclepath.
I tried to bleed the xt' son my thunderbolt on the weekend and I either made a mess of them, or I have a bigger issue. I wound up taking that bike to Cyclepath as well and given I have not heard from them, I assume I may have a leaky caliper or lever.
Just to cap off my frustrating Sunday of bike wrenching, it tried to convert my wife's bike to tubeless using the Schawlow rocket Ron tires and could not get them to inflate at all. At first I figured my compressor was too weak, so I ran to lowes and bought a new one, and still no luck. Tried with a set of maxis I had for my thunderbolt and had the job done in about 10 minutes. That orange seal stuff can be messy.
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I used to ride only Schwalbe's, but then I started having issues with running their tubeless tires. Their UST tires were great, but their tubeless ones were a pain in the ass. I switched to Specialized and have really liked them. They seat really well, and they are a lot cheaper than the Schwalbe's.
Do you use a valve core remover when doing Orange Seal? Makes life so easy. Get the tire on and seated, pull the core, put in the Orange Seal through the stem, put back the core and inflate. No hassle, no mess.