Originally Posted by
squirtdad
IIRC the OP has gone the "ghetto" tubeless way before and had a lot of "fun"
No, I never went “Ghetto” tubeless before, just conventional road tubeless installations where I have 2 layers of tubeless tape, the correct tubeless valves & 23, 25 or 28mm full tubeless tires (from Panaracer or Hutchinson) mounted using an Airshot canister with ~140psi. Once the square beads lock into the compatible rim interior with their satisfying
pop, pop, POP I then add the latex sealant, spin the wheel, wash off any stray sealant that escaped, then pressurize to final pressures. I love it that I can put 69 or 70 psi into a front 25 mm tire & 78 or 80 in the rear for my body weight (varies between 185 & 205 depending on what part of the riding season it is). Even natively full tubeless setups still can be a pain to mount or just will fail to hold pressure over night. I’m much better now & understand & have practiced what I am doing so my results currently are encouragingly good!