Originally Posted by
anotherbrian
I've seen posts from people saying they initially seated their tires with a floor pump. That may have been on the tubeless-by-design rims like the new Dura-Ace and Ultegra wheelsets.
Nah, none of mine are DA or such. All are taped with Stan's tape, and I use a Zefal Double-Shot floor pump to easily inflate them. Compressor is simply not needed. 99% of the time I just put them on dry and inflate without any problem; the only ones I've had trouble with are Fusion3, and using soap like Stan sez makes that work fine.
Originally Posted by
anotherbrian
From what I've read though (and posts in this thread), it'd be reasonable to expect that you could patch and re-seat the tire on the road, though I don't know if that is with a hand pump or CO2.
CO2 easily does it to a previously mounted tire for sure. I've fixed them on the road and never failed to inflate with CO2.
Originally Posted by
anotherbrian
I have a set of Velocity Aerohead wheels I'll probably tape up to try, and I'll be hopeful they're easier to mount than the DT465 rims I'm using now.
Sure, that's an easy one.