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so I've been Tubeless for two plus years, recently has a few fails with Mud X's, not getting a decent seal, switch to Spesh Storms, bish bash bosh, fluid top up, decent seal even with a track pump, happy days.
Yeah, I had a poor experience with Mud Xs and going tubeless..
I like the tyre, but I couldn't get good, reliable, tubeless performance from them.
So now I run Mud Xs, with tubes.
Will bare the Specilaized tyres you mention, in mind.
I have had no problems with Mud X's on Stan's 355 rims. In fact every Bontrager tyre I have tried has worked perfectly tubeless.
[i]I have had no problems with Mud X's on Stan's 355 rims. In fact every Bontrager tyre I have tried has worked perfectly tubeless.
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Yeah, I'm not knocking the tyre, I reckon I just got a pair that may not have had the best beads on them.
I've got Mavic X819s, btw, so I can always go back to trying tubeless when I replace my current tyres.
Have to say, I do like the Mud X, its my year round tyre.
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Original tyres that came with my bike were Spesh Purgatory & Captain. They went up no problem tubeless.
But, I recently bought a 2Bliss Sauserwind that will not stay sealed for love nor money. I can't get it to pop onto the rim, which the other tyres did without any bother.....ended up just sticking a tube in it....
stumpy01 - I had a similar problem with a sauserwind tyre. It seemed baggier than a captain which went on to 355's with a track pump no problem.
but by most peoples accounts, you now have a worse tyre 😈
Funny isn't it - I've found Mud Xs faultless tubeless - all depends on your setup, evidently (Mavic 717 disc with NoFlats rim strip for me)
XT rims here, to be fair I gave up very quickly. Mud X are a great tyre and have run them tubeless previously but fitted by LBS using a compressor no doubt.
shortbread_fanylion - Member
stumpy01 - I had a similar problem with a sauserwind tyre. It seemed baggier than a captain which went on to 355's with a track pump no problem.
It's weird though, as the Purgatory on the front is really loose. I can put it on/take it off without levers, but it seems to hold it's shape better.
The Sauserwind just seems to be really floppy, although the original tyres were on the bike for a couple of months (probably more) before I tubelessed them, so perhaps I should try the Sauserwind again, now it's been inflated for a while....