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dancing james
Got a new rear wheel on my fixed and it’s tubeless compatible.
My experience of doing tubeless on a mtb is that while you can get away with any old tyre, have a tubeless tyre makes for a much better result.
So, rear tyre of choice for my fixed would be a gatorskin for skid and puncture resistance but they ain’t tubeless. Is there much out there in a 25-28c wide tyre that’ll stand up to skidding and riding through glass and on gravel roads etc like the gatorskin does?
Is it even worth going tubeless when the tyre is going to have a shorter than normal lifespan due to the skids?