Many bikers are reluctant to switch to tubeless tyres due to the difficulty of fitting them: Depending on the tyre/rim combination, inflation with a normal floor pump is not possible. The air constantly escapes between the tyre and the rim. The professional has a compressor at hand, which can deliver the required initial blast of air to press the tyre against the rim sidewall within a short time. The first products for fitting tyres without a compressor are already on the market, but these are often expensive and heavy.
Aluminium bottles as tubeless boosters
This is where the developers at Milkit came in and picked up on a tried and tested trick: Aluminium drinking bottles are ideal pressure reservoirs and are light, robust and inexpensive. Many a tinkerer has made their own tubeless booster from a drinks bottle.
It is very easy to use: inflate the pressurised bottle, press the Milkit Booster onto the valve and you're done. There is no need for a hose and an additional valve. The direct air flow without a hose should not reduce the pressure unnecessarily. The Milkit Booster should work with all tubeless valves, with or without the valve core removed. With Milkit valves, however, the air is held in the tyre after inflation by the additional rubber flaps at the bottom of the valve, even without the valve core, which makes fitting the tyre even easier.
Practical drinking system
Clever: The drinking bottle can be used as a drinking system on the go with the supplied tube and bite valve. It weighs 150 grams including the bottle and costs 37.50 euros.
To finance the Milkit Booster, the creators have launched a Campaign on Kickstarter.com launched. In any case, the project has reached its target of 30,000 Swiss francs. By 2 November, 503 supporters had contributed over 40,000 francs in advance and are now waiting to be the first to hold the new product in their hands.
Further information can be found on the Milkit website.
Stefan Frey
Editor
