Originally Posted by
prj71
A.) If you were tubeless blackberry thorns wouldn't be a concern. The sealant would take care of that.
B.) No big deal to pull the tubeless valve stem. Can be removed by hand. And why would they have to take their bike to the shop for someone to set it up tubeless? Can be done very easily at home. I've set up all of my tubeless both mountain bike and fat bike with a hand pump and orange seal.
A. Meh. Sealant in tube also took care of that. My approach is to seek a new technology when the current one doesn't work. I feel no need to retrofit my wheelset to tubeless for a problem that doesn't exist.
B. From the way they were struggling to figure things out in the field I assume they will not magically be able to remount tubeless back home.