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I went tubless last year and wanted to a little help on maintenance and general repair. 1)First off I wanted to know how often I should add or change the liquid in the tire? How do you know you have enough. The bike has been in the garage for some time now so I am sure evaporation, etc have...

Any tips on what this maintenance requires. I am not all that mechanically inclined - hence the hesitation about removing the tubeless setup. no doubt I can get it off but putting it back on is a another story altogether.

I am probably loing 10-15psi a week, which sounds about like what you are losing. My tires are new (relatively). If this normal then why I am not losing as much in the front. My old tubes never lost anywhere near this.

I had a question about what is "normal" air loss. I went tubeless last season and I noticed this year I am losing quite a bit of air in my rear tire. Seems every time I get on my bike I notice more air loss. I thought it was the weather and evaporation of the fluid with the recent hot spell...

Probably help if I would pay attention :drooling: ... oh well next time!

Are you still going for this ride? If you are up for a beginner pace I would be game.

Thanks - do I need to remove the old sealant or can I leave it in there? Will leaving it in casue any issues/damage? Finally you mentioned injecting through the valve. How long would this take as oppposed to taking off the tire. As you can probably tellI had the LBS do the install so I am not...

I converted my tires to tubless last season and wanted to get it ready for this season. Not sure what, if anything I need to do. I know you need to add some of the solution over time, but how do you know when you need to do it? Anything else that needs to be done? Thanks.

Don;t know if this has been discussed but it looks pretty cool http://www.gizmag.com/cannondale-simon-electronic-fork-lefty/13711/

Lot of good info here - thanks to everyone who replied. I guess I have a few runs to make. Not to get off topic here either - but Mean Irish Guy - is that you taking a spill OTHB? That look pretty painful

A steak knife? That's pretty hard core :hmmm:

Thanks for the tip. I may just need to pick up a pair of brushes are the local auto store. :D

This may have been discussed before but I could not find anything from a search of the site so I will ask the question. Do they cleaning tools/brushes work? I have seen these from Park Tool and Pedros among others. I am wondering if a basic brush would work just as well. Anyone have any...

I am in as long as it is an early ride. I propose an 8:30AM start (tires on the ground). Let me know if that works.

I used to have the exact same issue and I rode MCP a lot. I went tubeless ~ 2weeks ago and it seems to be working out OK. I have not been into the overgrown areas in MCP but I Can guarantee you I have run over a number of thorns, etc and no issues so far. I really suggest you look into this...