Which raises the question of what people do out on the trail to lube? I carried a small can of wd40 last time, but I think better and smaller would be to decant some washing up liquid in to a very small container of some sort.

All I use is water. It works for me. And the CO2 bottles did work on an almost new tubeless Tourance. Luckily.

Just as a matter of interest how many 16g CO2 caspsules does it take to get the tyres up to a ridable pressure?
& do the tyres lose a bit of pressure over night using CO2's like they do on my push bikes?

Im lazy, and change tyres quite a lot, 5-6 tines a year not including many punctures, so i just filed the safety bead away on about a 1/4 of the rim on both sides, marked rim up on the outside, i can break the bead easily now.

Never had a tire come off or a rim fail in 20,000 miles of abuse. Trail riding at 20psi, towing the trailer, touring. The rims seem very solid so i had no issues taking a file too it.

Jon

If you have a set of bead breakers (motion pro or similar) they are pretty easy to fit. Worst tires to fit is the Mitas E09 and E07. But they go on... eventually.