I think some of you are being a little hard on Compass here. I have the Snoqualmies. They're awesome in every way, I love them.
1. I paid $124 for a set of the Standard tires, perhaps the OP got the Extralights? The $62/ tire I paid is certainly very high, but not ridiculous for specialty tires this size from a boutique brand (check out the prices on cross tubulars some time). $81 per tire is indeed ridiculous for most any tire, IMO.
2. 50 PSI is way too high for these tires, especially tubeless. I run mine tubed at 28-32 psi. It's true the tires are rated for 75 psi tubed and 60 psi tubeless but there's no reason to run them higher than 35 psi, IMO.
3. As others have said, tubeless setups are notorious for being finicky with different tire / rim combos. In my experience, the technology isn't ready for prime time in applications over about 40 psi. On any bike I've run tubeless, I much prefer to have extremely tight beads. At least on my rims, the Compass beads were far from tubeless tight.
4. Compass is pretty cagey about exactly how ready their tires actually are for tubeless. Note the weaselly "tubeless compatible" rating. This I do blame them for: either the tires are 100% tubeless ready or they're not.
Last edited by Hiro11; 05-17-18 at 04:23 PM.