• Punctures are a figment of my imagination? Golly.

  • Nope, if they happened every ride I would be with you, in a year of 40 mile commutes I had 2 punctures.

    I know I am a complete Luddite, but out of curiosity does a good tubeless tyre plus the necessary sealant weigh more or less than a standard one of similar quality with a tube?

  • I converted to tubeless this afternoon.

    Lost-
    23mm GP4000 II
    Vitoria rim strip
    Schwalbe ultralight tube 50mm valve

    Replacement.-
    23mm Schwalbe Pro One
    Two layers of tape
    Stans 44mm valve
    30ml of sealant

    20 grams lighter per wheel and only took 2 hours from the postie arriving to being finished. That's onto DT rims that are tubeless ready. Stans injector was a help compared to adding fluid directly into the MTB tyres a week ago.

  • I know I am a complete Luddite, but out of curiosity does a good tubeless tyre plus the necessary sealant weigh more or less than a standard one of similar quality with a tube?

    The biggest difference is the ride quality of the tubeless set-up which IMHO is the main advantage of it, on top of the usual advantage of reducing small puncture.

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