Most of the rattling on zippers comes from the metal tab hitting on the loop. You’d need to jam something in between those two pieces to get good result or replace the tab with strings that you can get at pretty much every outdoor store.
@ Seth , I noticed the Milkit bottle was the .75l model. The company states for mtb use the 1 litre bottle. I have the 1l model seats mtb tyres every time, never fails. As you know volume is key 😉
The Schwalbe Tire Booster (licensed Air Shot) is around 1.1 liters of volume, with the same 11 bar / 160 psi may pressure. And has only failed me for really stubborn downhill tires with wire bead (which normally aren't even classified as tubeless, they took some additional "convincing")
The funny thing is that a Milk-it Booster is like $65 on sale. Meanwhile, a Milwaukee M12 portable pump with battery and charger can be found on sale for less than $99. I can easily mount any stubborn tubeless tire with the Milwaukee with almost no effort, just remove the valve core and put on the little attachment for inflating pool toys. It is also capable of pumping up car tires, any sort of ball, and inflatable pool toys. It's also super compact, taking up less vertical space than the otherwise useless "Blaster".
I dont understand the bike industries aversion to air compressors. A small pancake compressor can be had cheap. It feels like an elitest bike thing. The resto fo the world uses compressors to fill all tires. Why cant we join the team?
@@Macuhdohnadadoh It would be interesting to see a demographic of who actually buy the bikes. I know road and gravel bikes are very heavily purchased and used by men 30-60 who sit behind a desk all day. I think selling a product marketing it as good to keep in your van is not real world use. what percent of bikers actually live in vans or even have a van? id be shocked if its over 5%
8:50 As with many things in life: "The easier it is to use, the more likely you will use it" I used to seldom play sim racing games or VR because of the faff of getting them out, setting them up, only for a whim to play an hour or 2. Getting a dedicated sim rig makes me use it a lot more as it's there and ready to go at a moments notice. This drone might not be the best footage quality but the ease of use means you'll have way more amazing shots with it than a $1000 drone that takes 30 mins to set up...
I find that when trying to seat a tire bead, it helps to put a strap on the tread, which keeps the rubber expanding easier where you want it at the bead. Done this with motorcycle tires for years, especially when changing out tires on trips in the front of a hotel. Makes smaller pumps more useful in that regard.
To easily make the tubeless tire sit on the rims. Once the tire is in place, spray the sidewall (both sides) first with a mixture of soap and water. Then just pump it normally. Works for me every single time
I've had an Airshot inflator for a few years and think it has a few advantage over the product shown here. First, it can screw onto the valve, giving you a better seal (better than what Seth shows here). Second, the pump can stay attached to the inflator, so you an add more air as you like once you've release the inflator. I've seated a number of tires so far with the Airshot, and I really like it and would recommend.
I've been using an Airshot in my van for like 5 years and it works perfectly for all the stubborn tires that I can't do with a floor pump. The Airshot's locking design seems to be much better, you thread it directly where the valve core was and release the air only once it's secure. Additionally you can leave the floor pump on, so for truly nightmare tires you can release the air the keep pumping for non-stop airflow.
I would NEVER use that milkit thing as a water bottle. Who knows what is in the lubricant used for foor pumps, it wouldn't surprise me if some cheaper ones even use a little bit of lead.
A bicycle bag brand I highly recommend that's affordable is Tourbon - they're like half the price of most of the big names, they make a TON of different bags for different mounting styles, they look nice - a lot have a very pleasant city/retro look and they're insanely durable, with real canvas, waxed canvas, real leather and good quality nylon on some. I've been wailing on a pair of nylon saddlebags on my E bike for over a year, through a seattle winter and I haven't even felt the need to silicone spray or sno seal or wax them. Highly recommend them as a budget brand to look at for people who need luggage and don't need or like the ugly black/hi vis aesthetic but still want it very functional.
Love you seth. Your goal of getting people into mountain biking is working. My nephew and I have bought helmets tools and I got a new bike. We've had 4 amazing weekends going out into nature and exploring. Thank you for my new healthy happy hobby.
As a Bike mechanic, my tip for mounting tubeless tires! Just buy and use, only Maxxis tires for tubeless MTB! They're made for mounting with a floor pump, or just a pump. So you don't need any special boosters!!
Sounds like they just made the strongest water bottle ever. Probably way more durable considering it has to be able to contain 160 PSI without exploding.
To me, it serms they took an existing water bottle design and only designed the new "cap" with the valves. Then they just send you the normal cap because the manufacturer of the bottle is including it in the deal
I think what's more impressive than the drone that follows you is how well the camera work was to capture it coming into focus following Seth. A+ Also Seth, you don't want that little camera in 4k, you want it in 1080p with a higher bitrate.
Well, wait until you see the specs. Can't keep up with an eBike, not even the european 25km/h version. Max. flight height 15m. Max. 28km/h wind speed and stabilization is not guaranteed. And can't be controlled with gestures. Awesome idea, very very limited usability for a ridiculous price. Very unfortunate, I'd sell my Mini 3 Pro for a decent flying camera...
@@Bouncy8864 Obviously it's one of the first of it's kind, like with anything you should never be a first adopter. But just the concept of a camera that flies and follows you automatically, that knows to land in your hand and etc feels futuristic to me, imagine telling people that even 20 years ago.
I just use a floor pump and grunt a bit when going tubeless. Good to see these sort of products being shown off as they're much more portable and cheaper than using a compressor.
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Ive used a Robert Axle on my high end road back to haul my 90lb dog around for years. Works great. Even when Im not using the trailer I just leave the Robert Axle on. Just take note of the weight limit on your wheels. Had an issue with my carbon rims not being rated for the extra weight and basically ripped apart a hub. Not the axles fault tho. They also have an index of about every bike on the market so you get the right one.
The robert axle project is great. They make axles for just about any bike or fork so you can use an old man mountain rack on basically any bike. OMM also ups the load capacity if you are using an axle instead of normal rack mounts.
longtime lurker here, i actually use the milkit booster (exclusively for gravel- and road bikes tho). it works realy well for me because i don´t own a compressor and i can take it with me on a trip. another good milkit product is their suringe to fill the milk directly thourgh the valvestem.
I use (big) plastic clothing pegs to seat my tires, just put them on the opposite side of the valve (if the tire is big enough you can form an M to reduce volume), then take a normal floor pump and pump as fast as you can, after 10 pumps the clothing pegs explode (you can gather and fix them later) and the tire seats. Only tried this 3 times, but worked every time.
On the subject of camping/hiking stuff. Take a water filter on long rides! Out in the country in high heat? Don't wanna carry more than 1 or 2l of water? Take a 50g water filter and fill up from a river. Just requires a tiny bit of planning. On 2hr+ rides I always take my £30 sawyer water filter, fill up after that long hill.
A place I used to work at had a promo item that was a beach towel pressed into a small puck... It was meant to be dunked in water at the beach, it would pop out and you could leave it out to dry while you went swimming... The building we were at had a roofing issue and the roofers were working on it but they goofed, had to call it quits for the day and left the sketchy roof on it's own for that nights monsoon-level thunderstorm!! When I got to work the next morning, word got out that the IT company on the 2nd floor had suffered water damage, so I ran to the warehouse and was relieved to find both open crates intact with a massive puddle of water next to them... We were litterally inches away from towel apocalypse in the warehouse!!!
I've been expecting something like the Hover to appear for a few years now. Maybe in a few design iterations with the main part being the camera quality and storage it might be a definite buy.
Coming from the freak bike fleet video: For the unicycle, in order to free mount the bike try stepping on the pedal so the crank moves in a forward stroke and then put your other foot on as fast as you can.
I am starting to feel a bit lucky to seat every tubeless tire pretty much first try with a 30€ floor pump since 4 years now (Maxxis, Conti, Schwalbe, Pirelli) :D
I'm one of those folks with out a compressor. Invested in a charger pump a few years back and was well worth the price, even came with a compartment in the handle for a ball inflator needle and one of those mattress inflator ends. Digital display is nice as well. Best thing is being able to blast the tyre full of air then quickly keep pumping to get that last little bit to snap onto the rim.
FYI Seth, DJI drones are on the brink of being banned in the United States for some silly political reasons, already passed the house and now it's up to the senate. I think the Drone Advocacy Alliance is the group to look up for more information.
I don't think China potentially using private Americans' drones for espionage is a silly political reason. Every Chinese company answers to directly to the CCP so it's a fair concern that this data could be abused. Like how the CCP went after China critical Journalists using TikTok's GPS data. I don't think it's political it's really common sense to shut out a government from your market that means harm to your country's people.
@@navykeef what data is being transmitted? DJI is being accused of placing a back door but no proof was ever provided in fact part of the bill is instructing the Navy to deconstruct a drone to find out if there is one... Shouldn't that be fine FIRST before banning something that saves lives and that people rely on for their lively hood? Besides, what data is being gathered and shared by drones that aren't connected to the internet? What data are drones providing that the CCP can't already get from Google Maps or their own spy satellites? How much food and how many lives is that data worth? Look up how many Fire Departments, Police Departments, search and rescue volunteers, farmers, home inspectors, photographers, etc., rely on these drones to make a living, grow crops, and save lives. This is just a short sighted "China Bad" ploy by politicians trying to look strong and get votes off the back of the TikTok without understanding the impact of their decisions. You would hope they'd have some proof of the threat they're claiming to be protecting people from, but instead they're going to ban something a critical tool used by by farmers and public servants across the country on the chance their data, which is largely already available on Google Earth, could somehow be stolen by the CCP. If they're worried about the possibility, then sure go ahead and look into it. Don't sacrifice people's physical security and livelihoods in the name of protecting their data from a theoretical threat that hasn't even been evaluated yet by the security experts in your own military.
A very easy (and free) way to seat tubeless tires (including stubborn folded up ones) is to just put a tube in, seat the tire fully, then only unseat one side to remove the tube, you don't even have to try very hard with a cheap floor pump to finish the rest
This method works as long as the other side stays seated. The moment it gets loose, you're back to square one. I've made only stock gravel wheels tubeless, so I don't have experience if tubeless ready rims can hold it in place better.
Airshot tire canister has been fantastic for me. I have seated both mtn and road bike tires with ease... I have had absolutely ZERO luck seating a mtn bike tire with a floor pump with my setup. Ended up begging a shop in Moab to help me out before I had one.
Crank Bros makes a floor pump that switches between high pressure mode (like a normal pump) and high volume. The high volume setting makes it super easy to seat tubeless tires. I actually own an air compressor but I haven't even bothered to use it since I got the Crank Bros floor pump.
I've used airshot I got from amazon and it works pretty well at seating my tires. I've also got the same crankbrothers battle cage thing. I've been using it a lot and it's great!
Oh a Berm Peak Express with Seth video........stopping everything to watch............Great video! I love the testing videos to show you things you might not ever know about if not for Seth and Berm Peak videos! Awesome!
Been carrying the compressed towels for over a year now. Give them out too. You can see one I gave to Macky in Syd and Macky's Continental Divide ride about 6 months ago. First experienced them in an Asian restaurant I used to work for. They are awesome! :)
Love the towel tablets. I've been carrying them for a few years. They're great for wiping off a sweaty face to get rid of the salt crusties and dirt mid ride. Oh, and you can wipe your bum if you need to as well.
got a bag of 100 compressed towels on aliexpress for like 3.40€ (sale price, usually they are around 5 bucks) they are pretty usefull as you can soak them with many kinds of liquids to serve special usecases or just help to keep your hands clean in case of a dropped chain.
My "entry level" Specialized came with an in-frame storage where I can put all the CO2 cartridges in the world as well as a bottle cage with an integrated multi tool. Provided it's not as fancy as Crankbrothers or One Up, but still.
I bought something like 20 of those compressed towels for the equivalent of about USD$2, and keep a couple floating around in work bags and the like for emergencies. If there's a "Daiso" near you check them out.
There may be much more cost effective versions of those instant wipes, we used to have a like gigantic container of them at home for some reason and I thought I remembered them being cheaper
I have a similar "pump booster" that can be used while still attached to the pump. That way you can keep pumping after the boost if it dos not seat completely. Works really well. And as many have comented... I would never drink from there, you might drink lubricant or sealant, its surprising they advertise that "feature".
i have my own trick of seating a tubeless tire on the rim, if you have any old floor pump you can rip the cable hose out and then you can put the end that was attached to the floorpump on your presta valve and put the other end on a tire like a dj tire that can go up to 80psi (just any tire that can hold high pressure) then the air from the dj tire gets transfert to the tubeless tire that needs to be seated and thats enough air to seat it
How many of you watched this not cause you were thinking of actually buying anything but just to listen to Seth lol. You would make a wonderful teacher Seth. You are a very talented communicator (high school teacher here) :)
I have 1.15 L canister for popping tubeless tires and it has worked every time. That being said, my biggest tire was a 27.5 and 2.1 width so not as much volume as a wide 29. So I'm guessing 0.7L really isn't enough for this application.
Seth, I agree with your Hover review. But you should talk about its big limitation for MTbers. Accent, decent speed. I have found it just cannot keep up with any of my mountain bike riding, because, my trails are not flat. as soon as you go up, or down at any reasonable speed, it just falls behind.. If you are on flat roads, it does fine. I dont know the maximum speed, But it will not keep up if you are going downhill at all. I have found anything more than a brisk walking pace, with a vertical change will fail. It just falls behind.... such a bummer, because it is really good. But not for MTB following. See
I bought a bag of 50 of the compressed towels about 6 years ago. I'm problem good for another 6 years or more. I carry some on camping trips. I use them as a wash cloth when I lose or forget mine. I stopped carrying toilet paper and used this in an emergency, then packed it out in the trash.
