What was I waiting for?
11-11-20, 07:53 PM
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What was I waiting for?
As a one-handed rider, my success rate in doing an on the road flat repair is at best 75% when I'm out alone, and I may be exaggerating.
This Spring, when I built up a second set of "adventure wheels" for my Domane - with 40mm gravel tires - I decided to go tubeless. Twice now, I have seen them self heal a leak, which is a good thing, since I was not carrying an over-sized tube.
Last week, after I limped home with goat head inspired leaks on my 32mm road tires with tubes, both front and back, I decided to go tubeless on the road tires as well, and to drop down to 28s.
My first ride was today. It was incident free, but the road feel was awesome, even better than the larger volume clinchers I had been running. I'm felling pretty comfortable that if the sealant doesn't fix whatever I run into, the spare tube I am carrying will probably get me home.
Or the cell phone
This Spring, when I built up a second set of "adventure wheels" for my Domane - with 40mm gravel tires - I decided to go tubeless. Twice now, I have seen them self heal a leak, which is a good thing, since I was not carrying an over-sized tube.
Last week, after I limped home with goat head inspired leaks on my 32mm road tires with tubes, both front and back, I decided to go tubeless on the road tires as well, and to drop down to 28s.
My first ride was today. It was incident free, but the road feel was awesome, even better than the larger volume clinchers I had been running. I'm felling pretty comfortable that if the sealant doesn't fix whatever I run into, the spare tube I am carrying will probably get me home.
Or the cell phone
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11-11-20, 09:20 PM
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Good to hear you are out doing it and have discovered the wonderful ride of tubeless. Carry your mobile phone and or a AAA card, and you will always make it home. Get a package of tire bacons in case you get a hole too large to self seal and a mini-pump to get the pressure up. Even having two hands, placing a tube in a tubeless tire after a sidewall blowout is a real PITA.
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11-12-20, 09:03 AM
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What was I waiting for?
Your post might be the push I need.
11-13-20, 05:43 AM
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I've been running tubeless for a couple years and only had one instance of total failure and that was when I dropped a wheel in a jagged crack by the edge of the road that totally shredded the sidewall at the rim. No amount of tubes or boots was going to get me home on that tire, tubeless or standard.
We have a lot of grit and sand on the road in Winter and after 37 seasons of fixing flats in sub-freezing temps, I decided to go tubeless. Other than the above incident, I couldn't be happier.
We have a lot of grit and sand on the road in Winter and after 37 seasons of fixing flats in sub-freezing temps, I decided to go tubeless. Other than the above incident, I couldn't be happier.
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11-14-20, 07:16 AM
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Tubulars are much less slimy.
A bit of liquid latex is your flat-free protection.
A bit of liquid latex is your flat-free protection.
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11-14-20, 09:10 AM
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I have tubeless ready wheels and will be needing new tires soon. I'm so on the fence about this. While (knock on wood) I haven't had a flat in years, I'm just so OK with the 51 years of riding with tubes that maybe I don't see the bigger picture.
