Oh my goodness, Steve, you’re freaking me out with that routine, but maybe this is why I have problems with tubeless tape some times, lol.
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2.5 times around: That’s so much tape! I just start 4 spokes from the valve hole and end 4 spokes from the other side of the valve hole.
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Inflate to 60 PSI: For MTB tires!? Depending on the rims, some tires blow right off the bead at 45psi (looking at you, Stans wheels…).
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Instead of poking through with the valve core, I heat up a pick and it just melts right through. Doesn’t pull on the tape at all that way and creates a hole that won’t split.
To be clear, my problem with tape is almost entirely on road wheels. The ENVE 5.6s that I have seem to have a shallow rim bed and it makes tires pretty tough to install. Moreover, during the process of getting the tire popped over the rim wall and into the center channel, the really tight tolerances cause the tire to pull on the tape and cause it to shift.
I just can’t believe we use tape on rims and simultaneously land rovers on Mars 