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I made the break and went tubless, did it myself and after three days, tyres still up.... no problems at all.
So do I ditch the spare tube/s, puncture patches, pump and just carry a multi tool, link, chain tool?
No . If you get an unrepairable tyre or valve failure you'll be glad of a tube. Unless you like long walks home. In the dark. In the snow... Like happened to this bloke I know this one time.
Get an external tubeless repair kit (awl, strings/anchovies, glue) as not all holes seal (I carry about 3 different thickness of strings as puncture size can vary and I find the new fangled 2.8 tyres are much keener on puncturing than my old 2.0
Tubeless increases puncture resistance, it doesn’t make you puncture proof. I still vary the same stuff as I did before, pump, co2 inflators and a couple of tubes. Perhaps a bit of overkill but being stranded miles away from home or the car is no fun either.
Who the hell walks long distances when their bike breaks down ? I always order a taxi, unless the bike has failed very close to the car.
Still carry a tube, get the weldtite tubeless repair kit and preload one on the fork thing - or go all flash and get a Dynpaplug one - they are great, beautifully made but expensive. Genius in use though...
Who the hell walks long distances when their bike breaks down ? I always order a taxi, unless the bike has failed very close to the car.
What if your bike breaks down on Ben Mcdui or on the Torridon loop and you are 15miles from the nearest road?
Try getting a phone signal let alone a taxi. Or would you use a sat phone to call mountain rescue? 🙂
I carry a tube too. Not going to tell you how many times I've needed it in ten years of tubeless. Don't want to tempt fate, you understand.
But what happens when the TAXI gets a puncture by picking you up and then entails a stream of abuse towards driver that he shoulda added f sealant in his f tyres 😂
No . If you get an unrepairable tyre or valve failure you’ll be glad of a tube. Unless you like long walks home. In the dark. In the snow… Like happened to this bloke I know this one time.
Yeah just walked back pushing bike like I was 12 again but at least it wasn’t raining an only 3-4 miles an was just pootling around the docks in Bristol thou so couldn’t b assed to carry much.
BTW Theres a new sat pager from garmin coming out pretty reasonable if you like riding on yer own in the middle of nowhere, not always the bike that gets broken 🙂
Cheers all, ridden a few times and no punctures.
A much better feel I think wityh lower pressures. I found these somehow, a really nice thought
https://problemsolversbike.com/products/tires-tubes/big_p-nut_tubeless
Any other manufactures doing this?
It really depends what the consequences of a puncture are....
TBH I don't bother carrying tubes if the worst that could happen is a 3-4mile walk... since I went tubeless I've had exactly the same number (1) of needing a tube and needing a chain... and I don't always carry a chain tool or spare chain...
I've found I puncture a bit less tubeless, and a lot less using procore (leaky valve let the inner chamber down and allowed a pinch puncture last week - and I've once got a puncture I just rode home on the inner chamber with in a year or two with it), but neither are infallible, so I'd take some puncture repair stuff for anything not that local.
A pump and a tube will sort almost any puncture, so if you're going to just take one set of puncture stuff, they're still the things to have. Perhaps with some gaffa tape around the pump just in case. Anchovies are good for reduced faff, if the sealant can't quite cope with the hole.
I used to carry tubes, but got complacent lately and haven't bothered.
I do carry a shiny thing though
Tubeless for years - always carry at least one tube (top tip - carry lightweight tubes. You'll rarely use them, so don't bother with heavy duty ones!). Typically, when our with a group, if everyone has one tube, there will be enough to go around.
Never found a need to carry tyre repair kits. I've only ever ripped sidewalls on tyres and that typically needs a bodge repair to get you home - a plastic gel wrapper behind works wonders. If I punctured a tyre so badly that it wouldn't seal, I'd slap a tube in and not worry. I also carry a traditional puncture repair kit for fixing tubes - at least then you can keep going even if your replaced tube fails.
If I punctured a tyre so badly that it wouldn’t seal, I’d slap a tube in and not worry
See when you say "slap a tube in" you're neglecting to mention the removal of the tyre, removal of the valve, making sure there are no sharp things sticking through the tyre anywhere, fitting the tube, refitting the tyre... whereas with a Dynaplug, you do literally, slap it in, pump up and away. But, yeah, I've only used it once in about 3 years. So each to their own! 🙂
Cheers for the replies.
Now a question about pressure meters, I have a Park track pump, how accurate are they or are digital better?
Can't comment on the park. My Joe blow was some way off. I guess it might not matter for smaller tyres, so long as you're consistent, but for + you need to know within 1psi ime.
I use the topeak gauge.