With the advancements in tubeless tire technology and tubeless-ready wheels, it has become common to see tubeless setups on everything from entry level bikes to high end models. Thanks to the puncture resistance and lower pressures that come with tubeless setups, they have become increasingly common throughout the bike industry. This rise in popularity has led to a number of accessories aimed at tubeless tire installation, repair and maintenance being introduced on the market. Today, we'll be looking at Topeak's Tubibooster tire inflation system that is designed to simplify installation of tubeless tires. The Tubibooster is designed to properly mount a tubeless tire on a rim by releasing a high pressure burst of air to seat the beads against the rims.
At its core, the Tubibooster is a 1000cc aluminum air canister that provides a portable solution to discharge high pressure into a tire without the need of an air compressor. The Tubibooster has a retail price of $69.95 and has the excellent build quality Topeak is known for. A removable dual inflator valve makes it easy to inflate the Tubibooster to the desired pressure and discharge it with a high pressure burst into a tubeless tire. How does the Tubibooster stack up against other tubeless tire installation accessories? We will drive into the details and do a few tubeless tire installations to find out.
Unlike bulky combination bike pumps that have secondary canisters attached for tubeless tire installation, the Tubibooster is a more portable and simple solution. The Tubibooster is essentially an air tank that can be filled using a standard bicycle pump upto 200 psi from the intake valve on the head and discharged into a tire from the secondary valve. The aluminum finish of the canister looks elegant in person, and at only 844 grams is lighter than it looks. Topeak doesn't include a storage bag though, so you'll need to be careful when transporting or storing it to not damage the finish. What we like about this design is that you can use a standard bicycle pump with the Tubibooster without any special tools or parts. It is also portable which means you can easily take this to any cycling event as a backup and be confident someone will have a pump to inflate it.
We ended up using the Tubibooster for two different tubeless tire installations. One was to convert to stock Decathlon Triban RC 520's stock tubeless ready wheels to tubeless Hutchinson Sector 28 tires. Despite preparation, this went quite poorly due to our inexperience and the stock Triban wheel's resistance to mounting the bead. As a result, we ended up having to refill the Tubibooster nearly a dozen times which quickly became exhausting. Our second use was with Token's D'Huezz alloy climbing wheels and a set of Hutchinson Galactik tires. Being brand new wheels, this first time setup went perfectly with the Tubibooster resulting in the characteristic popping noise on the first try for each wheel
Overall, we found that the Topeak Tubibooster is a clever and portable tool for tubeless tire installation. The premium polished aluminium finish gives the Tubibooster a sleek look while keeping the overall weight down. With a good tire/wheel combination and prep work, the Tubibooster makes tubeless tire installation quick and painless. With the Tubibooster you don’t need a bulky combination bike pump/tubeless air canister, and can instead use standard bike pumps to inflate the Tubibooster. For those without air compressors, the simple design of the Tubibooster allows for fast tubeless tire installation without additional special tools or parts.
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00:00 Intro
00:13 Unboxing + Specs
02:28 Fit + Finish
04:28 Tubeless Tire Installation
05:44 The Final Score
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