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tire inflated enough to locate the puncture.
However, if you puncture out on the trail its
an easy matter to simply remove the special
tubeless valve stem and install a tube.
Anything considered a down side?
To inflate a tubeless tire, it must be in
contact with the rim, tight enough to make
full contact with the rim when at the bottom
of the rim well. So the tires have to fit on the
rim a little tighter than does a conventional
tire. This makes a tubeless tire somewhat
harder to install. The good side of this is that
it does not take a compressor to initially seat
the tire beads. A good hand pump will do. Or
an air cartridge.
With a tire that fits this snug, you might
not be able to install it barehanded. If you
choose to use tire levers for installation or
removal, its important that you do not dam-
age the rim or abrade the tire bead. If either
surface is damaged, the roughened surface
will likely allow a greater rate of air bleed
from the mounted tire.