Death in the mountains

i always carry a tube too

Yeah it's worth carrying a tube just in case.

Any of you ever had to use said spare tube?

yes, i have had a few cuts that could not be sealed by sealant, and needed to be patched from the inside once i got home

once when out with @OneLessCardigan

No, but it's nice to have even if only for peace of mind. For example if you lose pressure for some reason and can't get the tyre to seal again.

yes, i have had a few cuts that could not be sealed by sealant, and needed to be patched from the inside once i got home

once when out with @OneLessCardigan

That's why I've got the Dyna-Plug kit, although I must say I'd rather have to use it (and therefore validate if it works or not) riding through central London rather than in the front range of the Rockies. When I remember I take a spare tube with me when in Colorado.

I haven't always found tyre worms to be successful.

Yes, ripped side wall in cross bike, fixed with train ticket and use of a tube. I've now bought the super glue so hopefully will not need that trusted bodge again.

The same, sidewall cuts beat tubeless every time in my experience. I carry a tube and a boot now, it was a fair old walk to Orpington station the first time it happened.

How do people manage to get these sidewall cuts in road tyres?

Or are we talking about rim / tyre interface damage due to lack of pressure, which, yeah sealant ain't going to fix but at that point the tyre is going in the bin anyway.

tubeless talk is boring, the only sad thing is seeing @Dammit go away from tubs .. have we reached the bottle cage discussion yet?

Flints. Always.

have we reached the bottle cage discussion yet?

Maybe if this was a current projects thread.

Shimano don't make a Sora bottle cage.

In road tyres? Guess I'm riding the wrong roads. Or the right ones.

I've only ever cut a sidewall off-road (South Downs way most recently), never managed it on road, and on gravel roads in Colorado I've never seen flint - although that doesn't mean that it isn't out there (I am no expert on geology).

30ml of Orange Seal in each wheel, Rumba'd with 70 PSI in. Let us see if they are ok tomorrow.

A top tip for a boot is a few lengths of pre-cut cloth rim tape stuck to itself in the puncture kit.

I used a Park Tools tyre boot on the SDW puncture-fest, it held up very well. The tyre is still in use- used inflatable swimming pool repair glue to bond a bit of another tyre over the slash on the inside of the subject tyre.

Tyres are now holding pressure, although they do seem slightly softer than they were two days ago when I inflated them. They're certainly rideable as-is, they may parallel my experience with my other tubeless setups in that they are analogous to latex inners in their gradual pressure loss.

Wheels fully build, with cassette, tyres, sealant etc (but no QR's) are 2.1kg.

I do like the cassette- same principle as the XX1 which I have on Project '76:

The noise on that cassette is deafening!

Significantly louder than the XX1?

Dura Ace 11-28 is 192g, for reference.

Not ridden with XX1, only with Shimano 11-46 unfortunately.

If I can hear the reverb of the chain jumping to the smaller sprocket...

Are you gonna go for those bib shifter for climbing?