Cheap Tubeless Tire Inflator hack for mountain bikes!

Learn how to make a cheap tubeless tire inflator hack for mountain bikes. With this ghetto tubeless tire inflator you will be able to pump tubeless mountain bike tire without a compressor. For under $10 bucks, we can hack a home depot garden sprayer into a cheap homemade air compressor to inflate tubeless MTB tires. This trick is a super cheap way to inflate mountain bike tires without a pump. This homemade tire inflator will work better a inflating mountain bike tires on some rim and tire combinations than others, and your milage may vary. Give a go and see if it works.

[willdriver]

Already had this for washing my bike after a ride, I go search YouTube for tubeless compressor options, ran into this, worked like a charm. Thanks!

[saywhaatnow]

Home Depot is going to be so confused about why these are all sold out. hahaha.

Also, you did GREAT talking on camera. Charismatic and entertaining as always.

[haredr]

That worked amazingly Seated a tire on the very first try. I modified a bit by using a more flexible hose to connect to the valve stem. Thank you so much! Saves buying a compressor or having to go the bike shop. And, it’s portable!!!

[SardonicBastard]

Hot tip: just keep the valve core in your teeth. You'll know exactly where it is, and I've only swallowed 3 of them!

[LPM]

Forgot to add... used this exact method a few years back (went to the local Home Depot and picked up the exact same unit). Just used it again to install a new tubeless tire and it still works like a charm. About 45 pumps to seat the gnarly beads on a Maxxis High-Roller II. One of the smartest hacks I've ever come across. Dude should get a medal. 👏

[infamousbugg]

Absolutely brilliant, I second Phil's Bike Hacks. I got a new bike a couple weeks ago that has TR rims, taped up and ready to go. I decided to give TR go last weekend, so I bought sealant and a pair of Maxxis Ardent 2.4" 27.5 tires. I spent hours struggling with a track pump trying every trick I could find, only to be defeated in the end. I wasn't even close to getting the bead to set.

I bought the 2gal version of the HDX Sprayer, it was $15 at Home Depot. I totally ditched the spray handle (it can be re-attached to the hose if needed) and just kinked the hose. Pulled the valve core, pumped the sprayer for a couple minutes, sprayed some soapy water on the beads, held the hose on the valve and released the kink. Both tires seated on the first try. I got about 20psi into the tires from the sprayer, then put the core back in and finished it up with my track pump.

[barriosmad]

Thanks for the idea, but it can be improved. I bought the same sprayer and remover the handle/valve which restricts flow. You can bend the hose and clip in place while pressurizing and then the flow is much higher. Works great.

[pirochu]

Thank you so much for this absolutely awesome $10 DIY idea! From the very 1st try, no trial/error, works like a charm! About 50~60 pumps would do it for a 29" tire. (I wasn't able to put in ~70 pumps in it, as it gets too much/hard.) Thanks, Phil!

[danmaduff]

Awesome discovery and tutorial. Just bought one of these for under $9. After re-sealing valve hole with plumber's tape it still took several tries but then...IT WORKED! Thanks to Phil I set up my first tubeless gravel tire at home!!

[SGMTB]

Thank you! The mountain biking community has needed this for awhile! It's great that there's now a solution.

[TrailFeatures]

Clever hack! This is also pretty safe because you have high volume at low pressure, and you're not modifying anything so the blow-off valve (that yellow thing) will help you keep your digits. As someone who never had luck seating tires, I would have rather spent $10 on this hack instead of wasting $50+ on a Specialized Air Tool Blast that still doesn't work most of the time.

Also, I think this video was well done! You'll get more comfortable in front of a camera the more you do it. Soon enough you'll stop thinking about thousands of people silently watching you from the toilet.

[JerryPark_dataman]

Amazing solution that works! Wife is happy that I didn't spend on a compressor that would add to the mess in the garage.

[arraizdc]

Great video. Just tried this to mount a 43mm Panaracer GravelKing on a set of DT Swiss G540 700c rims. Worked on the very first attempt. I’m a believer.

[renatopalazio]

Dude, you're a natural in front of the camera! Haha... great job, killer hack, gonna pick one up - thanks!

[ZenoLee]

I just used this and cannot believe how well this worked. It just worked the first time.

[Edeljokaa]

Awesome! I bought pretty much everything I would need for the conversion but so far I didn't know how to work around not having a compressor without blowing myself up. Much appreciated!

[scottklop]

First off THANK YOU! You just saved me $50. This works great and for anyone thinking about buying the 2 Gal. option for an extra $5 that’s what I did for more volume, and it works exactly the same as the 1 Gal model demonstrated.

[davidwoodkotch]

Usually just do it with a hand pump, which sucks, but I had a bike sitting for a few months so the tire had a few small creases that weren't sitting perfectly so doing it by hand was impossible.. I remembered watching this 2 years ago and rewatched. I grabbed the 2 gal version of thr same pump for $5 more and it set the bead perfectly on the first try... Excellent hack

[duncancritchley]

Just found this after struggling to mount plus size tyres on 38mm rims. Worked first time. Excellent tip.

[timb]

Thankyou so much for posting this.
I'm just about to make the transitin to tubeless and I had planned on buying one of the aluminium bottle type tanks.
I already had a little crop spayer that I bought for washing my bike down with before I loaded it into my car, and since I no longer run a car, I can permenantly repurpose it as a tubeless tank.
It's a Spear and Jackson branded one that I bought from BnQ here in the UK. It's a slightly larger volume, but that should work out fine because I'm going to be running 2.8 inch tyres and everything worked exactly like your spayer did.
What I did in addition to your setup was to wrap a few turns of PTFE tape around the where the straight clear tube goes into the spayer handle before I tightened the locknut up. Dunno if PTFE tape has the same name in the states, but it's what you wrap around the pressure fittings on gas pipes when you're plumbing in a gas cooker for example, it just makes the fitting a bit more airtight.
Really glad I saw this video, Thanks again.