Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
...But most of my tires have some form of flat protection and I only tour on tires with some flat protection. I am sticking with tubes.
Ditto here. I've been cycling with a group of four to five friends a lot this year (since there's literally nothing else to do),.at least one 50 mile ride each week. That's about 4-5000 bike-miles total with that group. Only one flat all season in that group, and it was the bike with tubeless. It turns out the sealant couldn't handle road tire pressures and he had to install an emergency tube, which is still in there (and it was a mess to work on). The rest of us use expensive tires with flat protection, Continental Gatorskin or equal. I haven't seen an advantage for roadies yet. MTBs are different, I think.