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Last Sunday I got a puncture on my front tyre (road bike)...it must have been big because my friend got some of the stans juice on him too...eventually it stopped....then started again, then stopped finally.
When I came to stop I checked the tyre thinking because of the stop start of the puncture there must be a stone there.
And there was a tiny one in the tyre....I removed it ( bad idea) and the puncture started again , so I started riding again so the stans juice can repair it....but it seems that all the juice had been used up...
Which makes think how do fix larger holes, say with stans darts....when it now becomes clear with large punctures all the juice escapes so there is nothing left to keep things sealed.
I'm now thinking about maybe getting new road tyres...any recommendations for 30mm tubeless with excellent puncture proof protection ( not gravel)
You need a tubeless repair kit for this eventuality - some variation of a rubber strip that just gets plugged in, very quick and easy.
You can prob patch that tyre from the inside no bother, unless it's a substantial hole?
If you want to maximise puncture proof protection it'll just mean riding round on a couple of bricks, which defeats the purpose of tubeless. Conti gp5000 are the best road tubeless tyres for combination of performance and durability. Hutchison fusions are a good second option - often quite a bit cheaper.
A tubeless repair kit, the prongs and strips, and a small bottle of Stans to top up the tyre if needed. A valve core remover is handy to be able to top up the Stans.
Ooh never realised they did a top up pot...on my shopping list
My current tyres are hutch fusion...tbh I had 2 punctures on my 1st ride out...the tyres I had before were clinchers ( on a different wheel) extreme senso never had a puncture throughout the whole life of them and I used to ride 100% road back then
Shame they didn't make tubeless
Spesh roubaix pro are the most robust I've used (though I don't do enough miles to really distinguish)