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I commuted on tubs for a while a few years ago. As long as you take a preglued spare you'll be fine. I wouldn't buy zipps though, their hubs are rubbish.
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I tried to make tubs work for daily riding - just because I had a set of Campag wheels I really liked.
In the real world...
Punctures are infrequent enough (pinch punctures almost never happen) but Vitoria sealant and a taped tyre are relatively expensive, a big faff and carrying them gets old.
That said, there are other sealants now - perhaps trustworthy enough so you can forgo a spare tyre maybe ... I can’t really comment.
I ended up using tougher types of tubular tyres for fewer flats. But this somewhat cancelled-out the ‘feel’ of tubs (which you can totally get now with the right clinchers anyway).
I definitely wouldn’t bother.
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as someone who for some reason repeatedly buys second hand carbon wheels - don't. I think I've sent back more than I've kept because of endless issues. They're very rarely being sold because they're in good condition. He says with a bunch more in his ebay watched list...
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Thanks. That’s enough to put me off. $700 for some almost brand new 303s seems like a good deal to me! But yes, obviously I would be terrified the whole time of puncturing.