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Old 06-18-21, 02:06 PM
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DangerousDanR
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I started road tubeless on Schwalbe One Pro tires and had nothing but trouble with tape failures until I started using Orange Seal Winter with 3M tape. Still had 3 out of 4 of them fail due to (10 mm+ length) sidewall cuts caused by University Students inability to put beer bottles in the appropriate receptacle. Tubes would have done the same thing, and for me a tire with a big cut is not worth the risk.

Switched to Conti GP5000 at the same time that they sent all the boys and girls home for a year. I had one fail at the junction between the sidewall and the bead, probably due to low pressure. When I have checked the pressure before riding, zero failures. I run 25 mm on my road bike and 32 mm on our tandem. I have not found them any harder to mount than the Schwalbe. I used Pedro's levers. I carry a tube as a spare along with a pair of nitryl medical gloves. YMMV.
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