Anyone ever tried beading up a tubeless tire with the explosive airisol method used for truck tires? I'm curious how the presence of sealant affects the process.
Explosive Airisol Tire Mounting
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Tried it and it kinda works. I am old school though, bottle of stans, rope, and a hand pump. Sometimes I am lucky and I get to use a compressor. 
If it is that hard to seat the bead you've got issues. Wrong/bad rims, wrong/bad tires, wrong/bad technique. One tip: mount the tire w/ a tube first and fully seat the bead. Then deflate it and just pull off one side of the bead and slip or cut the tube out. That leaves you w/ one side already seated.
90% of the time a floor pump works.
However, I will contribute $10 to your recovery fund if you promise to use a can of WD-40 and record it!
90% of the time a floor pump works.
However, I will contribute $10 to your recovery fund if you promise to use a can of WD-40 and record it!
Meh.
Some tire/rim combos just suck. But getting them on is worth it.
Wait what?
Rope?
Do tell.
Tried it and it kinda works. I am old school though, bottle of stans, rope, and a hand pump. Sometimes I am lucky and I get to use a compressor.
to suppress the blood supply...
Rope/strap/whatevah around the center of the tread to force beads towards the rim and out during initial inflation...
I usually just use a compressor but without one I've used the "seat the bead with a tube" and the strap methods. I've never used the explosive method on anything but seen it done on a lot of truck tires. If it works on bike tires with sealant it would by far be the easiest method when there's no compressor around.
Removable valve cores on the stans valves and putting in the sealant once the tyre is seated is my preferred method with the stans.
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