THANKS! Can’t believe I missed that. The center of the poppit is a 2.5mm hex and then the whole center slides out for easy cleaning. A quick YT search didn’t show anything on this

YT Short added to cover this, kzfaq.infoHY9_tak5__M. Thanks again!

I was about to say, nothing "doesn't come apart" unless it's riveted or welded and there's no way they'd spend that kind of money on making valves. Anyway, I've run them with all kinds of sealants on my mtb for 3 years and they've never clogged. Got sick of my gravel bike valves clogging and did the mental math - the satisfaction and time saved of valves that never fail and work so well, AND you don't have to remove the cores to add more sealant? Worth $50 for sure. After putting them on my bikes, watching other people fiddle with valves and having to pump harder while I relax or do other things... it's so worth it. You don't realize how much you worry about your valves until you never have to worry about them at all ever again. Fillmore's are amazing.

Also if your o-rings ever degrade, one is 3.5x1.5mm and the other is 6.5x1.0mm.

Sometimes it depends on the tires too, i had a pair of contis that weeped out the sidewall, but never had that happen on any other tire ever so far

Found Silca to be dire even on small punctures

I found it very easy to remove dried on sealant fairly easy during long term maintenance, easier than Orange.

Great tip! Thanks for sharing

@AnAvidCyclist hows the filmore lifestyle treating u? I might buy some, i try to cary valvle cores in my tool bag but one day ima forget too or run out helping others on the trail and giving them away to others that need it. And eventually ill run out and need to buy more. And if i do a race or outa town and change tires last minute and dont have my bontrager pump/w built in air tank i might need the better air flow. Fyi I use orange seal endurance basically slightly thicker stans that claims to last a tiny bit longer). Hows the silca treating u as well? Another youtuber claims it sucks on his road bike, but i feel offroad tread has mor surface area to chemically react to the air and not just fight the pavement slicing it off with every rotation. Hopefully i wont have to worry but i did recently buy specialized pathfinder S works tires with center slick on my gravel. My other tubless r mtb.

I’m a full convert on both. Helps that I only have 2 sets of wheels, but I did go get another set of Filmore’s. I just find it so much nicer to deal with a durable solution rather than treat the core’s as a wear item. For the sealant, I tore down my wheel set over the winter. The Silca sealant was very evenly dispersed throughout the tire even though it had been sitting for a while and had dried out a bit. With Stan’s I always had 1) a puddle at the bottom of the tire and 2) dried boogers sporadically around the tire. Whatever Silca is doing is keeping the sealant well spread out through the tire which should make sure it’s there where you need it when you need it. It was also much easier to clean off of the Vittoria insert, just some Iso alcohol and the insert was mostly clean.

Glad to help. If only I got a commission!!

@@AnAvidCyclist Indeed! Affiliate links, maybe?

Pretty sure adding through the valve would be a problem. I haven’t used the replenisher yet. Had the valve out again this week swapping tires. It had a small amount of build up, but still working great. Planning to switch my other wheels to Fillmore now. I really like the fact that you can tear them down for a full cleaning.

@AnAvidCyclist yes, easy to clean even without tearing it down. So far Silca is the one sealant that hasn't dried up and balled up inside unlike others I've tried. hope to see a long term review later on from you. cheers.

Yes, using the Vittoria Gravel inserts. And yes, I suspect the additional volume from the insert plays a factor. I have another set of wheels with road tires and no inserts, but I haven’t switched the sealant on them yet. Sometime over the winter. Interestingly, Silca posted a video this week about sealant and they were using the same insert. They didn’t say how much sealant they used, but it appeared to be even more than the 50-60ml I was using. Of course, they have a business incentive to encourage overuse of the product!

The frame is very well loved! I like the road like feel of it. One of the primary reasons I chose this frame was for the short seat stays (420mm). I recently heard a rumor that there was an update to the UP coming soon. If true, I’ll seriously consider it depending on what the changes are.

Or buy the fillmore’s and don’t worry about where the valve is positioned when you park the bike!

I have the Fillmore on my Santa Cruz Carbon race wheelset. and a puddle around the valve core still sprays some out. just put the valve at the bottom to let it "un puddle" drain, before you de pressurize. It's not rocket surgery. :)@@AnAvidCyclist

Interesting. If you end up with any video of it you could send me I’d see if I could make another short on the topic.

I emailed reserve yesterday to see if they have any ways to get around this. I will keep you posted@@AnAvidCyclist

According to Filmore these valves cannot be dissasembled

@@anthonylozano3645 yes they can according to Fillmore. All you need is an Allen wrench. Unscrew it from the back and you can take the core out to clean it.

@@anthonylozano3645, agree with Youling1997, and posted a short video linked in the Pinned comment above that shows how. I’ve been back in there and even removed the poppit. Official or not, they are fully disassemble-able, and aside from the o-rings 100% metal. So yes, they’re expensive, but really should never need to be replaced. I’ve given in and bought a set for my 2nd wheel set.

Yeah, I imagine you can’t. Since they don’t have a standard removable core, I wouldn’t expect you’d be able to. I’ve just always popped a bead off anyway, so wasn’t an issue for me.

Sealant, including Silca's sealant replenisher, can be injected through the Fillmore valves. As a matter of fact, this is in the Fillmore FAQ on Reserve Wheel's website: "3. Can I add sealant directly through the Fillmore valve? - Yes, you can direct-inject sealant through the valve simply by removing all pressure in the tire and using either a syringe style injector with tube, or cutting the top of the sealant bottle to size. The Fillmore has no valve core to remove or get in the way."

Interesting. Thanks for the comment. For a service-course/race scenario, why wouldn’t you accept the issue with the valve in order to get the puncture protection? Or have you simply not found it to be better protection than others?

@@AnAvidCyclist the issue is that customers can't top off their air because the valves clog so badly

@@graffhead206 Silca offers a replenisher that can be injected through the valve. Yes for the initial install you can't use that method

Sounds like you may have missed the point about how the shaking leads to foaming in a way Stan’s doesn’t. I didn’t test at 6 o’clock, but based on what I’ve seen I’d expect anything lower than 12 to actually be worse if the wheel has been moving at all

Yeah, I bought another set. Definitely a better solution

I don’t think I possess enough OCD to bother with valve position at rest

@@AnAvidCyclist well have been using road tubeless with zero valve clog issues for 3+ years now

It’s great to have choices, would suck if we all rode the same exact bike!

No argument there!