G One Bites on the gravel bike and can’t fault them. Good off road in anything other than deep mud, but still roll nicely on the road. Over 1000 miles so far and no punctures. Rear tread has a little wear but only really noticeable because the front still looks like new.
@greencat definitely something up with the tape. Tracing it isn’t easy as the sealant can get in the rim space and come out on the opposite side from the actual leak. The time it happened to me, the bike had came set up with tubes and the valve hole just wouldn’t seal after that. Stripped the tape, put on a new layer and it was fine first time.
Takes a bit of patience but well worth it. Over 20 years on tubeless and never had an mtb puncture that even stopped me on the trail. Have heard a hiss but just kept riding and it sealed itself. Top up tyre with air when I get home. Only a road one hasn’t sealed and that was a metal staple cut, so 5mm long but thin. Was only a mile from home, so just topped up air and rode it back. Patched tyre from inside and it’s as good as new.
Only thing that wrecks tubeless tyres is sidewall cuts but terrain round here not bad for that so not an issue for me.
Don’t see how tubeless can be considered a waste of resources. Used to regularly have to bin tubes due to snakebite punctures destroying tubes to the level they couldn’t be patched. Not even an issue now. Now it’s a re-tape very occasionally and a sealant top up now and again. I also buy and swap tyres a lot less often as it is more of a pain to change, so just run a tyre until it’s worn out. Used to have a mountain of part worn tyres for various conditions and whims. Tyres may be way more expensive now, but work in a wider range of conditions than they used to, so overall I spend less (in time and money).
@novocaine , sounds like you need less bikes or to ride more.
Pi$$ taking aside, sealant lasts a good amount of time. I’ve just put my winter road bike back on the road after 6 months. Can still hear plenty of sealant sloshing about in the tyre and that was last topped up at the start of last winter. I also still carry a tube just in case but the point is the only time I’ve used one in years has been to bail out other people. Benefits on road bike is debatable but it works for me. Off road it’s just a no brainier.