Old 09-25-22, 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by bbbean
DO NOT DO THIS! A flat on the flat is an inconvenience. A flat on the front is a likely crash. Always put your least trustworthy tire on the rear.
I understand your concern, but think it doesn’t account for tubeless behavior; catastrophic flatting is not really a thing with tubeless. Therefore, my assessment is that flats are more likely in the rear, a cut is more likely to reopen in the rear (due to weight distribution), and the odds of that particular cut reopening on the front are extremely low.
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