Originally Posted by
RCMoeur
Knowing southern Nevada (which is much like where I live in Arizona), that would mean not riding at all.
Nah, I use to live in the Mojave Desert of S Calif back when the only good tire against goatheads was the Specialized Armadillo Pro, and I never got a flat using those tires. In today's world they have even better tires than that one. I never had to use a liner, or slime, or a thorn tube with those Armadillos.
I got those tires from a bike shop in Bakersfield California back around 1996 for the first set and 98 for the second where I use to lived which the team captain owned the bike shop who won, and they still hold the 4 person RAAM race record since 2004, used those same Armadillo tires to win the race on, and to train on, and they didn't have a single flat in the entire race or while training.
So you would be fine without tubeless tires in Nevada, or Arizona, or anywhere else.