This tubeless tire keeps going flat. Add more sealant and it still went flat over the course of a 1.5 hour ride. Came home to check it and found it leaking from these ridges in the side wall and around the whole rim. Is this just a bad tire?
by ddescartes0014
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You could try sloshing the sealant along the sidewalls by removing the wheel and rotating it laterally, but the fact that the leaks are all centered on those little ridges seems sus.
Is that a tubeless tire?
That rubber looks stiff af. What brand is it?
Is the rim tubeless as well?
Looks like a bad tire to me. I would check into warranty.
1) rim isn’t tubeless ready. 2) you haven’t seated the tire properly. If you’re not hearing 2 or 3 pops when you first put it in, it’s not seated. Air compressor is best here.
2 is my guess.
I know this sounds redundant, but are you sure the bead is actually popped and in place?
Anyway, new tire time.
I zoomed into pic 2 and your tire isn’t seated. There’s should be a little ridge between the rim and the rest of the tire indicating it’s on properly.
https://preview.redd.it/ei8524qifznd1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4dc5adcffdd42108dbb848236a735e1ce041807b
Some tires might be missing a layer of rubber, causing the tire to be porous. I have also worn tires to the point where sealant began “weeping” from the outer tread.
are you shaking the sealant before adding? it has solids in it that will sink to the bottom and you need them to plug the small holes in the sidewall.
this sort of thing is completely normal for a tubeless tire with a supple sidewall. the expectation is that you give it some time for the sealant to do its job and fill in the tiny holes. you should take the wheel off the bike and do the “tubeless dance” to get sealant everywhere.
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Ignore everyone saying anything about rims or tires not being tubeless compatible. They both are. This is because you didn’t set the bead.
Once you get the bead set, the sealant injected, and the pressure up to like 40 or 50 psi you should spread the sealant around by spinning the wheel slowly.
Also helps bouncing it on the ground like a basketball because the sharp spikes in pressure from that help set the sealant where it needs to seal.
Then let it sit overnight at 50 psi. Then air it back up to your desired pressure when you go to ride it because it will deflate while the sealant seals.
Leaking it expected, thats the sealant doing its job. If it still goes flat then you probably have a dud tired and need to warranty it.
I had a tire (Barzo) leak from the side walls between the compounds like this for a long time. I gold panned the tire at somewhat high pressure to seal it. It kept going flat every couple of days until I pressured and panned it again and eventually gave up on it and replaced it. The rim leak makes me wonder if it also just isn’t a tire for tubeless setup or some mismatch (like a 2.25 on 2.4-2.6 rated rims).
What psi are you running?
These are Panaracers? Never had issues with them, maybe try rotating them while not atta he’s to the bike to cover everything with sealant.
Why do regular folks think tubeless is worth all the hassle??? I don’t get it.