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Bontrager Tubeless Ready Tire manual

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    © Copyright T rek Bicycle Corporation 2004 All rights reserved Part Number 253 511 BONTR AGER TUBELESS READ Y TIRE OWNER' S MANU AL T able of cont ents Important: About Tubeless Ready tires ........................................................ 1 Tire and rim compatibility ............................................................... ....[...]

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    2 Tire and rim compatibility The following chart shows which tires are compatible with which rims, and any parts that are needed to make the tires compatible with the rims. T ubeless Ready tires do not hold air without either an inner tube or liquid sealant inside the tire. T o use a T ubeless Ready tire in tubeless mode, follow these instructions [...]

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    3 tir e man ufac ture r  t, so som e ti res a re m ore dif cult to mount tha n oth ers. Car eful ly fo llow the ins talla tion ins truct ions , an d you shou ld b e ab le t o eas ily moun t an y tub eles s ti re. When mounting a tubeless tire, the tire must make an air- tight seal against the inner surface of the rim to allow initial in at[...]

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    4 Inst allation R emoving a Bontr ager T ubeles s R eady or UST tubele ss tire If the tire has sealant installed, be careful not to spill it as you remove the tire. It is best to remove the old sealant and replace it. If you have to reuse the sealant, carefully pour the pool of  uid into a container . Scrape the sealant that remains on the casin[...]

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    5 Option 2 – Adding the sealant befor e the tire is completely mounted W ork carefully to avoid spilling any sealant. 1. Hold the wheel perpendicular to the ground and rotate the unmounted portion of the tire so that it is at the 6 o’clock position. 2. P ull the unmounted bead away from the rim to create a gap, and squeeze the proper amount of [...]

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    6 5. Continue mounting the tire- check the location and orientation of the tire beads in the rim (Figure 4). The beads must fit uniformly into the central channel of the rim without twisting. The beads must straddle the valve wher e it projects thr ough the rim strip, and make good contact with the rim strip surface in order to seal in that ar ea. [...]

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    7 T r oubleshooting Che ck th e ti re p ress ure o n yo ur b ike bef ore ever y rid e; a ll t ires los e air pre ssur e du e to air leak ing throu gh t he i nner tube or tire casi ng s idew all. F ollow the se tr oubl esho otin g ste ps i n ord er to min imiz e th e tim e it tak es to r epai r a leaki ng t ire. Cause s of leaks If the rate at which[...]

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    8 area around the valve seal or between the tire bead and rim strip. The leaking air can be detected at the spoke holes, but the location of the actual leak will not necessarily be close to the leaking spoke hole. There are two ways to  nd and elimi- nate leaks like these: P artially immerse the wheel into a tub of water . Leave it in the tub lo[...]