Originally Posted by
Psimet2001
On the money bit - just realized.... I charge $100-$110 to glue a set of tires for tubulars. I charge $70 on a set to set them up tubeless. For a consumer that doesn't do their own work it's almost a wash between the two. Just the tire prices are huge differences... if you're paying retail.
Tire price differences are nuts.
A typical roadie racing slick tubeless is probably going to be $70-100 depending on what you buy and who from. You can get a steel belted radial car tire for that kind of money that lasts longer.
A gravel cycling tire that literally has double the nominal width, and probably 3x or more material is going to cost $35 to 50 usually.
The roadie tax is a thing.