neilwheel on "Ghetto tubeless inflator - total cost 9p!"
Mine has one valve in the cap, one in the bottom. Before fitting the valve stems to the bottle, I have put a locking collar, then a large washer, then a 1/2" tap washer and this seals very easily. With...
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Chaps you are all brilliant thanks. Will report back!
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I put one in the cap and one in the base of the bottle. There not mega tight just enough to compress the sealing rubber. Then i pump to 80psi and it usually pops the tyre on and inflates to about 30psi.
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Just tried it... and it worked!Thank you!!!!!
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another happy customer here, worked perfectly. Cost me a whopping 20p for a value lemonade bottle, guess thats inflation since the original post 3 years ago! cheers.
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guess thats inflationBrilliant. I'm totally pumped now.
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Excellent guide thank you! Was struggling to re inflate one of my tyres after taking it off the other week. I used a schrader valve to inflate the bottle with a presta cut in half to attach the tube to...
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c4actbe on "Ghetto tubeless inflator - total cost 9p!"
Hi Here is my device for pumping tubeless tires ..
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That looks like a mineral water bottle- not sure they're designed for holding pressurised air- I've always used 2L coke bottles...
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2 litre sparkling water bottle worked for me yesterday. Had to remove the valve stem core and pump to 60 psi but worked a treat.
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This bottle of carbonated mineral water, Aqua Minerale withstand 100 psi. Is my video where I blew in a one-liter bottle of carbonated mineral water up to 100 psi......
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Where are people getting the taps from? I tried a plastic fuel tap, but the air pressure blew it apart!
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I took a tee and valve in the store sells equipment for garages.
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If somebody could post a link to a site selling the valves in the higher end versions of this set-up I'd appreciate it.
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cycl1ngjb on "Ghetto tubeless inflator - total cost 9p!"
Just made mine this evening - worked perfectly, even without a track pump (I just used my trail pump) - cheers to the OP for posting this
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pshore on "Ghetto tubeless inflator - total cost 9p!"
Lack of parts in my garage forced me to make a very simple ghetto setup...Parts required: * Tubing that fits snugly over a presta valve. * A nail. * Air from a donor bike tyre.Hammer the nail thru one...
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Just built one, fitted 2 new tyres, the first tyre without the inflator approx 2 hours of swearing & struggling... 2nd tyre with inflator approx 10mins... wow.Please note. Does not include time...
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Using Nobby's thread from a while back HERE as inspiration, a couple of emails to the man himself, I've gone the posh way and made an inflator out of a CO2 fire extinguisher.I've had to buy some pipe...
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2 Coke bottles linked up using a T piece worked loads better then 1 coke bottle .
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bigblackshed on "Ghetto tubeless inflator - total cost 9p!"
FRANKEN-FLATOR! IT LIVES!!!!!!!I got busy with the masking tape and rattle cans. Experiments with pressures reveals that 140psi in the bottle blows the tyre right off the rim. Good job there wasn't any...
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