Anyone have anything they'd like to rant about?

[rideit]

We call my wife “The Great Locatress”. It’s her super-power.

[NuMexJoe]

Her "Oh boy, what part am I looking for on the floor?"

Helluva partner you've got there, DH. Made me smile, as mine has the same 'not understanding but still understanding' patience with me.

[Roxtar]

Without fail, every time I swap tires or add sealant I somehow end up with a huge fucking mess. Am I the only one?

It's never the same thing either. Tonight the tire seated perfectly with my floor pump and I was on track for the cleanest tire swap ever. Add first syringe of 2oz sealant, perfect. Go to add another 2oz and the hose clogs as I'm pressing the plunger and bursts off the syringe. Sealant everywhere.

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Been there.
The next day I ordered this:



https://www.parktool.com/en-us/produ...injector-tsi-1

[Touring_Sedan]

Been there.
The next day I ordered this:



https://www.parktool.com/en-us/produ...injector-tsi-1

Welcome to 15 posts ago. [emoji6]

FWIW, the Amazon ones are under $10 and they have a valve.

[bagtagley]

We call my wife “The Great Locatress”. It’s her super-power.

Lucky man. I'm the great locatress in my house. Yesterday, annoyed, my wife asked where I put the can of dog food she left on the island cause I had just cleared it of crap (again). We went back and forth with me saying if I moved it, I put it where it goes, and her telling me she's looked everywhere and I had to be the one that "lost" it. Finally, I went to the cupboard where we put dog food and there it was, front and center.

[Roxtar]

Welcome to 15 posts ago. [emoji6]

FWIW, the Amazon ones are under $10 and they have a valve.

And they are the same cheap syringes that pull apart at the shaft/seal as soon as you put any pressure on the "pull".
But hey, they do have a valve

[Touring_Sedan]

And they are the same cheap syringes that pull apart at the shaft/seal as soon as you put any pressure on the "pull".
But hey, they do have a valve

Um, no. They're not, but you keep feeding that big blue monster.

[jm2e]

Welcome to 15 posts ago. [emoji6]

FWIW, the Amazon ones are under $10 and they have a valve.

I’m here to report that the Park syringe is well worth the extra price.
Smoother in both directions.
Easier to clean.
More volume.
You don’t have to buy it, but if you do you’re likely to agree.


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[g_man80]

Costco brand microfiber towels have gotten smaller over the years! Sneaky bastards. I stumbled across an old one from about 6 years ago. Newer one in front.

[Boissal]

We call my wife “The Great Locatress”. It’s her super-power.

Ms Boissal finally took a look in the area I "misplaced" the linkage washer. Well, she wasn't actually looking, just passing through. She immediately spotted the washer, in a spot I scoured at least 5 times, by day and by headlamp, standing then on all fours.
She just texted me a picture of the washer with the "is this what you were looking for the past 3 days?"

This will make up for all the times she randomly decides to rearrange an entire room and move everything to a new logical location (to her), ensuring I need to open every drawer and cabinet for at least a week to figure out where my stuff has gone.

[bagtagley]

Years ago, my daughter was sitting on her dresser looking in the mirror examining the strand of dental floss tied to her first loose tooth. The other end of the floss had a loop that I was going to attach to a door knob to do the old door slam trick. She decided she wasn't into it and jumped down, miraculously hooking a toe on that loop, yanking the tooth and sending it flying. We spent the better part of a day scouring for it, even going as far as to pull most of the furniture out of the room. As a final effort, I put a fresh bag in the vacuum cleaner and vacuumed the hell out of the carpet. We cut the bag open and sitting on top of the dust and crud was that asshole tooth.

[Roxtar]

Um, no. They're not,

Um yeah, they kinda are. The cheap plastic syringes that sell by themselves for about 5/$10. They have a plastic plunger that slips into the rubber seal. After a while, you pull on the plunger, it pulls out of the seal (probably when that stupid valve gets clogged up).

but you keep feeding that big blue monster.

And who are you feeding? Can you even pronounce the name of the company? (Apparently Pat Sajak isn't the only one who charges for vowels).
I'm happy to feed Park Tool. They're an American company in the bike industry that makes tools that last forever at the lower end of professional tool pricing.
Some things are disposable. I don't think tools belong in that category.
The Park injector cost $25 and I guarantee it will still be working perfectly after you're on the 3rd replacement of that amazon special.
But hey, I'm sure Bezo will send you a nice thank you card from his mega-yacht.

[Touring_Sedan]

Um yeah, they kinda are. The cheap plastic syringes that sell by themselves for about 5/$10. They have a plastic plunger that slips into the rubber seal. After a while, you pull on the plunger, it pulls out of the seal (probably when that stupid valve gets clogged up).

And who are you feeding? Can you even pronounce the name of the company? (Apparently Pat Sajak isn't the only one who charges for vowels).
I'm happy to feed Park Tool. They're an American company in the bike industry that makes tools that last forever at the lower end of professional tool pricing.
Some things are disposable. I don't think tools belong in that category.
The Park injector cost $25 and I guarantee it will still be working perfectly after you're on the 3rd replacement of that amazon special.
But hey, I'm sure Bezo will send you a nice thank you card from his mega-yacht.

Ok, Boomer.

I'm sure you had your LBS order that overpriced POS for you. I'm sure you brought them a 6er of IPA too. Right.

[Meconium]

I always found that pressurizing and squirting syringe clogs up. You are essentially asking the sealant to coagulate and clog as it was designed to do. I just use a larger syringe as a funnel and gravity feed it so the sperm don't get all log jam

[evdog]

I've used the small stan's bottle and a couple different syringes including the Stans one that screws on to the valve stem. I've had much better luck with that since it's one less spot that can easily fail. Doesn't seem to matter what I use though, a mess always ensues. If it isn't a hose popping off or me accidentally knocking over the sealant bottle, then I'll inevitably need to take the sealant filled tire off and sealant will drip all over then.

[evdog]

Oh, and.....

Second dropper lever that's bent on me in the last couple months.

[Boissal]

Stan's used to come with the syringe a long time ago, I've never had an issue with it. It screws onto the valve pretty well once the core is removed even though I've mashed the plastic threads into oblivion by now. I use that option if I'm refilling sealant, if I'm installing a tire I just remove the little screw adapter thing and just syringe directly into the wheel. I rinse the syringe and tube with water and it's good to go the next time. Only downside of that syringe is that it maxes at 2 oz of fluid and I usually put a bit more in my tires.

I've had syringes lose the rubber head of their piston a few times, funny thing is that it usually happens with seemingly higher quality disposable syringes I extract from the lab. They do not like dealing with any type of oil, be it mineral oil or fork oil. I think it makes the rubber swell up and stick. Interestingly enough they tolerate DOT fluid quite well but you're pretty much guaranteed a squirter if they're used more than once with oil.

Oh, and.....

Second dropper lever that's bent on me in the last couple months.

I just moved a WolfTooth lever between bikes and the second it came off the bars it was clear it had taken a massive beating. I was confused then remembered I mashed it into a rock this spring and broke a part (plastic bushing it rotates on) but had a spare on me. I fixed it trailside, it actuated fine, I never thought about it again. The lever must have bent 30 degrees and rotated the same amount so I didn't notice until I took a close look. Somehow it still works fine and I'm not going to snap it while trying to straighten it out...
The lesson to me is that you should have everything on the bars barely tight enough to stay in place under normal use. That way it can happily rotate out of the way instead of breaking when you inevitably dump the bike. It took me a while and some good $$ to learn that!

[jackstraw]

I don't seem to have stans issues and I'm not sure why I don't?

The only time I make a mess is trying to transfer used stans from a dead tire to the new one. I saw a vid of a guy who uses a...well I already forgot wtf!...but essentially a Dixie cup to scoop the old out and dump into the new tire.

For new I either do what others have said, or I seal the whole tire and use the little refill bottle that fits tight over the valve, remove core and just squirt it in.

[El Chupacabra]

I've been using the syringe that comes with Truckerco sealant -- works fine, no clogs. I rinse it out with a hose after each use and let it dry before putting it away.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VYVYYPB...ckerco+sealant

[evdog]

I just moved a WolfTooth lever between bikes and the second it came off the bars it was clear it had taken a massive beating. I was confused then remembered I mashed it into a rock this spring and broke a part (plastic bushing it rotates on) but had a spare on me. I fixed it trailside, it actuated fine, I never thought about it again. The lever must have bent 30 degrees and rotated the same amount so I didn't notice until I took a close look. Somehow it still works fine and I'm not going to snap it while trying to straighten it out...
The lesson to me is that you should have everything on the bars barely tight enough to stay in place under normal use. That way it can happily rotate out of the way instead of breaking when you inevitably dump the bike. It took me a while and some good $$ to learn that!

Yup, always keep bar controls just tight enough. In this case it got hit at just such an angle it bent rather than rotate. I was actually impressed with how stout it was, the lever was still working fine aside from cable starting to fray. But wanted to replace it to not tempt fate. I was able to bend it back almost straight so I'll keep it as a spare.

The previous lever had a small plastic edge break where it mounts to the SRAM bar clamp, not even sure how that happened but wasn't a crash.

[evdog]

Speaking of messes, anyone ever tried using Mil Kit valve stems? https://milkitbike.com/pages/faq

I did a few years ago, seemed promising with a rubber valve that would prevent sealant from gumming up the valve cores, and a claim that you could check and re-fill sealant without letting air out of the tire. I can tell you the latter claim was bullshit. I let out half the air to be safe, then inserted the syringe tube through the valve stem and past the seal. Soon as I did that the air pressure blew the plunger back right out of the syringe along with all the sealant, half on me and half over my truck and garage wall. That was by far the worst mess I've ever dealt with. Worked great when all the air was out of the tire though, so it wasn't a total loss. But you couldn't use the little stans bottles with it so it was necessary to carry their plunger with you all the time.

[joetron]

Sweet Jesus, you cheap bastards that scour Ali Express to save $10 and get shit shipped from 1/2way around the world haven’t quite figured out that the 2oz Stan’s bottle is the ultimate sealant injector. This thread is insane.


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[Dee Hubbs]

Sweet Jesus, you cheap bastards haven’t quite figured out that the 2oz Stan’s bottle is the ultimate sealant injector. This thread is insane.

I fill up the 2oz bottle from the big bottle, and squeeze the 2oz into the valve stem.
Easy.

[joetron]

I fill up the 2oz bottle from the big bottle, and squeeze the 2oz into the valve stem.
Easy.

EXACTLY!


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[ddocky]

I spent three hours trying to replace two 32mm tires.

I always try to seat a tire before adding sealant. One would seat with compressed air, then unseat as soon as the air came out, giving me no way to inject the sealant. I put soap on the bead. No luck. I tried mounting first with a tube, no luck. Finally thought that one through and put in the sealant before seating.

The other would not seat even though the new tire is identical to the old one. I put a tube in, got one side seated but the other would not. I put soap on the bead. Mess but no luck. I tried a tube overnight. Still one side would not seat. I put sealant in and it still would not seat but did drip everywhere. Finally, I drained the sealant, took the tire off, cleaned it up, put on another layer of rim tape and it took first try.

There are lots of suggestions for mounting tubeless but no flow chart to know what order to try.