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Hmm, never tried latex tubes... might do that first...
touching wood I’ve only had one puncture in the last three years as well... guess I’m just lucky!Edit: probably says more about the amount of riding I’ve done in the last three years :(
mattyc-
Lol! But also :-(
Yeah, I didn't puncture very often before tubeless but running 30c it made sense. I'm now on 25 but tubeless seemed like the right way to go. I'd happily run some really nice high thread count supple clinchers with latex tubes and in fact, I'm still considering it for my Seven. But I remember the feeling of getting a puncture and just being so annoyed. I don't miss that feeling at all. There's lots of crap roads up in the mountains in Los Angeles, too, where rockfalls happen and whatnot. That's where I think tubeless can really come into it's own...
JB
Tubeless is great IMO. Even on road. I've not had to fix a puncture in three years. Or use an inner tube. To me it seems very antiquated now. I saw a guy fixing a puncture the other day at the top of a wet, foggy climb and I just did not miss that whatsoever.
Once the initial set up is done, it's relatively pain free. Has been for me anyway. With that said, there's nothing wrong with a nice latex tube setup.