Thread: How High Maintenance are Tubeless Tires Anyway?
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Old 09-25-21, 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
On my last rear tire, I had a bacon strip in for 2.5k miles.

That said, with road tires, even relatively low pressure ones, I have found that bacon strips work/work best when knotted and the knot is shoved inside of the carcass, keeping the strip from being pushed out by the pressure.
yea I had about half the plug inside the tire.
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