Your bead isn't set.

deflate it. Put some sealent around the beat and inflate it until you get the tell tale "ping"

my typical usage, besides inflating bike tires: we have 2 cars, 2 quads, a trailer behind each quad, and 2 trailers: a horse trailer and a dump trailer. we have a lot of tires to keep inflated.

after i wash my bike i used the compressed air to dry it.

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Dan Empfield
aka Slowman

I understand the 'space' argument, but the cost of those dozen or so 20 gram CO2 cartridges used is getting into entry level compressor territory. Glad to know it works in a pinch though.

For sure. However, I can get 15 of those 20g cartridges for under $28 USD.

Some tire sealant companies recommend against the CO2 route. Some people theorize it is because the cold air coming out of the CO2 freezes the sealant, and others say it's because the CO2 air is so dry that it doesn't play well with sealant.

It was more expensive, but I bought one of the 2 gallon "Fortress" brand air compressors from Harbor Freight. It was significantly more expensive than a similar sized pancake compressor, but it is radically more quiet (60dba vs about 85dba for a standard pancake compressor).

Oh wow, that's really inexpensive. I have been curious if the ones they sell at home brewing stores are 'pure' CO2 like bike specific ones. They are less than half of the price of the normal bike shop price.

Local Walmart, box of 50 for about $18. Threadless type.

Great info. Threadless type is the type I need.

It's sufficient to put the valve at the 12-o'clock position and let the sealant flow down to the bottom of the tire before blasting the tire with CO2. This way the sealant won't be directly hit by the cold gas. As for dry CO2, a good fraction will escape within 24 hours after the tire has been seated, so you will be replacing the lost dry air with normal air anyway.

They are useless. I have one by Bontrager. I dread using it, and half of the time it won't work. I am ditching it for a pancake compressor for my next tubeless install.

Absolutely. And an air compressor comes in handy for other tasks, plus you can buy an endless limit of air tools. Who doesn't want that?

I have a larger compressor that is always pressurized, and I use it for every tire installation, including tubed tires.

Update:

New rim tape.
Remounted tire.
Floor pump filled it in first go!

Only a tiny tiny wobble now. Barely noticeable. I think I'll fill it with sealant and call it a day.

Yes I know. But with three tubeless bikes and changing between training and race tyres on tri bike several times a year that equals a lot of cartridges seems quite a waste of single use cartridges to me.

For my road wheels never had problems with the airshot. Maybe you aren't using it right ;-)