Tubeless Repairs Please

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Manglier

Regular
Location
Rotherham
Having recently acquired a bike with fat, tubeless tyres, and the wheels to match. I am trying to find a permanent solution to repair punctures that are too slow for the (Peaty's Holeshot) sealant to react to. I have successfully located the leaks but the inside surfaces of the Schwalbe G1-RS Evo tyres are not smooth enough to take an internal feather edged, or even a much larger butyl, patch (made from an old inner tube) without leakage.
I'm currently having to use inner tubes because, despite all the promotional blurb, these tyres and the Cadex AR tyres that they replaced. are NOT tubeless ready.
 

oxoman

Well-Known Member
Personally I use Darts or plugs for anything that the sealant won't seal.
Lezyne Tubeless Pro Plugs - Black
£15.46
+£2.95 delivery
Fawkes Cycles
90-day returns
Or Stans darts.
You could do what car tyre places do which is to grind or sand the inside smooth and then glue a patch or plug in place.
 

Ian H

Ancient randonneur
Patch it using a copious amount of solution; two coats if necessary. Make sure you let it dry before applying the patch.
 
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Manglier

Manglier

Regular
Location
Rotherham
Thanks oxoman, Ian H and Ridgeback for the responses. I'm not prepared to sacrifice the tyre for the sake of plugs or darts, I've got them but it seems a bit of overkill for such a slow leak. Patching using multiple layers of solution have been tried, with cure-c-cure patches and with recycled inner tube section, unsuccessfully. Now waiting for delivery of Rema tubeless repair kit. I'll let you all know the results.
 

Shortfall

Active Member
Thanks oxoman, Ian H and Ridgeback for the responses. I'm not prepared to sacrifice the tyre for the sake of plugs or darts, I've got them but it seems a bit of overkill for such a slow leak. Patching using multiple layers of solution have been tried, with cure-c-cure patches and with recycled inner tube section, unsuccessfully. Now waiting for delivery of Rema tubeless repair kit. I'll let you all know the results.

Not sure what you mean by sacrificing the tyre with a plug? I've successfully used tyre worms which are cheap, easy to do, basically permanent and don't even require the tyre to be removed.
 
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