Originally Posted by
PedalingWalrus
My friend and I just completed a 1000+ miles tour. He was running tubeless on Schwalbe G1 tires and had 8 flats over the course of 13 days. He got up and running much quicker than with tubes by just stuffing a plug in and be done with it. He used 6 plugs on that trip. 2 flats self sealed.
that's a ridiculous number of flats, what do you think was the cause?
wouldn't have been thorns I don't think?
is he a "bull in a China shop" type of rider? I know a few riders who are like this, smash hard over hard edges seated, don't notice glass etc and ride right over it...... that sort of thing.
were his tires worn and old to begin with (I wouldn't have thought so) ?
it just seems to me an unacceptable number of punctures, very much outside my personal experience.