Originally Posted by
prj71
Much like there was resistance to disc brakes on road bikes...Tubeless tires on road bikes is the next disc brake right now.
Eventually you'll get it. It's one of them things...You don't know what you don't know.
Literally everyone understands why some types of riders prefer disc brakes for the riding they do.
Literally everyone understands why some types of riders prefer tubeless tires for the riding they do.
And I certainly underestimated how popular these technologies would become on road bikes.
But there is a certain contingent of forum posters who refuse to believe that not everyone has the same preferences, even with a completely informed understanding of the differences.
How many flat tires per year do I have to have (or avoid) to make the hassles of a tubeless tire system preferable? The answer is "more than the two or three that I get currently."