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The thing about sealant is that while it's great and does prevent flats to an extent, it's not bulletproof. You do sometimes flat with sealant, which is why many people riding tubeless carry a spare tube in case their sealant and/or plug fails them. So if you do flat you just put a tube in and go on riding.
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Now you tell me! Just converted my new-to-me Shiv to tubeless and had a puncture today the sealant wouldn't plug. Nor would the plug kit plug. Had to use my "phone a friend" option. Walked two miles before he picked me up, the whole time thinking "I probably should carry a spare tube just for **** like this."
Did you rotate the wheel to pool the sealant at the bottom with the hole? I always find that helps a lot.
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Still new to tubeless so not really well versed on all the tips and tricks.
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Clearly, you have not been keeping up with my life on this forum. The main reason I'm trying tubeless is I'm tired of single-handedly keeping tube manufacturers in business. I was getting punctures so often, I started to hate riding. Well, not riding. I enjoy the ride. It was always the inevitable roadside tube change I seemed to be performing on every single damn ride I went on.
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Clearly, you have not been keeping up with my life on this forum. The main reason I'm trying tubeless is I'm tired of single-handedly keeping tube manufacturers in business. I was getting punctures so often, I started to hate riding. Well, not riding. I enjoy the ride. It was always the inevitable roadside tube change I seemed to be performing on every single damn ride I went on.
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And that may be true. However, I did make it considerably further on this last ride than on many, many previous rides before a puncture. Could be total luck of the draw. Or it could be tubeless offeres higher resistance, but not invulnerability, to punctures. One data point is not enough from which to draw a conclusion.
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Clearly, you have not been keeping up with my life on this forum. The main reason I'm trying tubeless is I'm tired of single-handedly keeping tube manufacturers in business. I was getting punctures so often, I started to hate riding. Well, not riding. I enjoy the ride. It was always the inevitable roadside tube change I seemed to be performing on every single damn ride I went on.
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Not Dynaplug. The problem was there was a second puncture that was right at the edge of the rim. I couldn't really tell until I got the tire home and pulled off the wheel. I did not try rotating it down although the holes were almost exactly 180* from the valve so just the act of attempting to fill the tire with my CO2 cartridge had the tire positioned so the holes were at the bottom.
Still new to tubeless so not really well versed on all the tips and tricks.
Still new to tubeless so not really well versed on all the tips and tricks.
Definitely get some dynaplugs. They are amazing. Have run a tyre with two of those in it for months.
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I have a theory that I had a puncture I did not feel that caused me to lose some air and shortly after that I hit something that caused this. This was on a long descent where I was maintaining 20+mph just by coasting so I was very much paying attention to how the bike felt.
Poorly maintained roads are definitely a drawback here.
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Declaring that a person gets flats on these forums is the ultimate excuse for victim blaming. Forget any context regarding the situation surrounding the flat or those blessed individuals who never get flats and judge those who do. Some of us like riding on more supple performance tires for their ride quality as well as lively feel, while those who are flat adverse enjoy their dead garden hose tires. Even if there is a bit of a learning curve with Tubeless, which currently is minimal at best, I will take that any day of the week over the alternatives.
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Doesn't matter to me what people use, I just think it's asinine that some wheel makers are adament everyone should be on tubeless hookless rims. The cycling industry seems really fixated on removing options and choices. I don't know why, I feel cycling is a hobby and hobbies are more fun with choices and variations. Mechanical vs Electric, Rim vs Disc, Tubeless/Tube/Tub, clincher/hookless, I don't see why industry can provide the choices and let the rider choose. I get if if someone is capable they are able to find what they want, but just browsing a local shop, all the road bikes are the same regardless of brand, they all look the same too.
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Doesn't matter to me what people use, I just think it's asinine that some wheel makers are adament everyone should be on tubeless hookless rims. The cycling industry seems really fixated on removing options and choices. I don't know why, I feel cycling is a hobby and hobbies are more fun with choices and variations. Mechanical vs Electric, Rim vs Disc, Tubeless/Tube/Tub, clincher/hookless, I don't see why industry can provide the choices and let the rider choose. I get if if someone is capable they are able to find what they want, but just browsing a local shop, all the road bikes are the same regardless of brand, they all look the same too.
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For my normal training rides of <30 miles in which I'm never more than 15 miles from home and rarely more than 5 miles from town, I have no intention of carrying my phone. I know most of you can't fathom that but I reject my eLeash as much and as often as I can.
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I appreciate your sentiment but I assure you this will not become a normal occurrence for me. I knew this was going to be a longer than normal training ride. And I knew there was the potential for being stranded (or injured) as much as 20 miles away from my ride.
For my normal training rides of <30 miles in which I'm never more than 15 miles from home and rarely more than 5 miles from town, I have no intention of carrying my phone. I know most of you can't fathom that but I reject my eLeash as much and as often as I can.
For my normal training rides of <30 miles in which I'm never more than 15 miles from home and rarely more than 5 miles from town, I have no intention of carrying my phone. I know most of you can't fathom that but I reject my eLeash as much and as often as I can.
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I appreciate your sentiment but I assure you this will not become a normal occurrence for me. I knew this was going to be a longer than normal training ride. And I knew there was the potential for being stranded (or injured) as much as 20 miles away from my ride.
For my normal training rides of <30 miles in which I'm never more than 15 miles from home and rarely more than 5 miles from town, I have no intention of carrying my phone. I know most of you can't fathom that but I reject my eLeash as much and as often as I can.
For my normal training rides of <30 miles in which I'm never more than 15 miles from home and rarely more than 5 miles from town, I have no intention of carrying my phone. I know most of you can't fathom that but I reject my eLeash as much and as often as I can.
The work phone never comes anywhere with me at the weekend though.
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I appreciate your sentiment but I assure you this will not become a normal occurrence for me. I knew this was going to be a longer than normal training ride. And I knew there was the potential for being stranded (or injured) as much as 20 miles away from my ride.
For my normal training rides of <30 miles in which I'm never more than 15 miles from home and rarely more than 5 miles from town, I have no intention of carrying my phone. I know most of you can't fathom that but I reject my eLeash as much and as often as I can.
For my normal training rides of <30 miles in which I'm never more than 15 miles from home and rarely more than 5 miles from town, I have no intention of carrying my phone. I know most of you can't fathom that but I reject my eLeash as much and as often as I can.