#AIRSHOT TUBLESS PORTABLE#
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Tubeless tyres have become increasingly popular due to their claimed advantages of running lower pressures puncture resistance and overall weight reduction. Money Back Guarantee ensures YOU receive the item. Just delivered, Airshot Tubeless Tyre Inflator. Then add your sealant in whatever fashion suits you, as the man in the video or injected through the valve, and inflate the tyre again to your desired tyre pressure using your floor pump. Shop the Largest Selection, Click to See Search eBay faster with PicClick.

#AIRSHOT TUBLESS CRACK#

In my experience 90psi (6 bar) is more than enough, though the canister has capacity for 160psi (11 bar).Ĭ: attach Airshot valve adaptor to your valve and turn the tap then wait for that reassuring pop and crack of the bead seating into the rim.

The process for inflating and seating tyres on the rim is really as simple as A, B, C:Ī: place tyre on the rim (not forgetting inserting your tubeless ready valve)ī: add air to the Airshot canister using a floor pump. The finished product is compact, lightweight and will pack down easily into a bag or can be readily shoved into the boot of your car. The success of the sealant in keeping your tyres inflated is all relative to the quality of the tubeless tyre you’re using and your sealant – sealant and tyres the subject of further reviews later on.Īs with all seemingly simple devices, engineering and manufacturing wise, the execution of the Airshot canister, hose, valves and adaptors is probably quite complex. My experience with the Airshot is that this whole process can be done in well under five minutes, per tyre, with success seating the bead into the rim every single time.

Benefit of the doubt says he probably took a few minutes longer to faff about with one tyre and that’s not including prepping with the bucket and sponge, and making sure that log pile looked exactly just so. I will report back soon.He’s clearly very experienced and the edited version of that film is just over six minutes long. In principle this is an easy and efficient solution to help with the fitting of tubeless tyres and I am hoping it will speed up the process and make it a less onerous task. The system also comes supplied with an adaptor that allows you to remove the valve core if necessary. Then, by simply applying the pump head to the valve on your wheel and releasing the air tap, a controlled fast high volume shot of air is released to instantly mount the tyre onto the bead, et voila! Airshot’s threaded metal valve design ensures that you do not have any trouble transferring air across to the tyre. Only to give up and take the wheels to a bike shop and get someone else to do it for you – added expense you didn’t really account for and stripping away any cost saving benefit you might have been hoping for by going tubeless.Īirshot, gives you the ability to charge an air bottle quite easily using a normal track pump. Hours of furious and futile pumping, or using expensive CO2 cartridges, or playing fast and loose with your health and safety with a guerrilla style home-made pressure pump canister made from a coke can messy latex sealant and bowls of soapy water. One downside associated with the use of tubeless, which can add frustration and kill off the idea with just one bad experience (I am sure those that have experimented with tubeless set up have had at least one ghastly, exasperating experience), is the thought of struggling to mount a tyre on the bead with a track pump. Lightweight and handy – An ideal solution to inflating and seating tubeless tyres for the home mechanic, particularly when away at races or stuck in the middle of nowhere The MTB world has been taking advantage of this technology for years, with cyclo-cross and road slowly beginning to catch up. Just delivered, Airshot Tubeless Tyre Inflator It comes with a Presta valve attachment on the hose, but a Schraeder adapter is available for a small cost. Airshot claims it has tested the system up to pressures of 160 psi.

#AIRSHOT TUBLESS PORTABLE#

Airshot is a device designed to make the inflation of tubeless tyres as easy as possible ensuring wherever you are, you can always pop a tyre on which is perfect for the home mechanic. The 1.15L Airshot canister is 14 tall and 2.8 in diameter and weighs 441 grams, making it lighter and more portable than a traditional tubeless pump. After months of testing both in workshops and out on the trails, they are ready to release their first self-titled product, “Airshot” to much critical acclaim amongst riders. A cheap, reliable solution to the faff of fitting tubeless tyres without the need for an expensive air compressor?Īirshot Ltd is a UK based company that has been established to design, develop, and provide new, well-engineered and competitively priced products to riders.

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