hookooekoo
Senior Retro Guru
That's what I thought. It does sound like a lot of agro. Although I can understand why some people prefer tubeless, especially on more modern setups.Good read, but it’s finally convinced me not to bother
That's what I thought. It does sound like a lot of agro. Although I can understand why some people prefer tubeless, especially on more modern setups.Good read, but it’s finally convinced me not to bother
And actually you mention something which really bothers me about tubeless - I reckon that there are a lot of tyres abondoned because of larger holes, which would would have been perfectly serviceable with a tube. And that's bad. I still try to wear out all my tyres - running some bikes tubeless and some with tubes. The wounded tyres go onto the tubed wheelsets.
Just wait until we're all forced onto solid tyres to reduce the environmental impact.I wonder how many cycle tyres there are dumped around the world, must be starting to add up.
Tubeless tyres are just as repairable as inner tubes, you just need to use the correct patches and adhesive (car ones). Even if your patch is not absolutely air tight, the sealant in the tyre quickly sorts that out. my rear tyre on my daily offroad ride was punctured in 3 places, including once in the sidewall by the bead (in one incident - rock garden - insufficient pressure, too much speed, couldn't stop), and was repaired and holds air just like a brand new tyre . . . that needed a tube to get me home, a rare event these days.Just wait until we're all forced onto solid tyres to reduce the environmental impact.
Can you apply a patch with the sealant sloshing around inside the tyre, or do you have to clean the sealant out first?Tubeless tyres are just as repairable as inner tubes, you just need to use the correct patches and adhesive (car ones). Even if your patch is not absolutely air tight, the sealant in the tyre quickly sorts that out. my rear tyre on my daily offroad ride was punctured in 3 places, including once in the sidewall by the bead (in one incident - rock garden - insufficient pressure, too much speed, couldn't stop), and was repaired and holds air just like a brand new tyre . . . that needed a tube to get me home, a rare event these days.
Can you apply a patch with the sealant sloshing around inside the tyre, or do you have to clean the sealant out first?
Sounds like a good,Or spread all over the countryside - which is our experience ... and then grappling with inserting an inner tube which gets covered in slime and handles like pigs’ intestines....
Yeah, i've run it on a couple of CX bikes. Never had an issue with it, and i've had the tyres down to ~1.2bar, it's even using non-tubeless roadie rims (Open Pro) AND non-tubeless tyres. I even use the CX bike for MTB rides just to mix it up (but maybe 1.8-2bar).Does anyone run tubeless on bikes with rim brakes?