Tubeless Tyres -"saying the same things about tubeless tyres over and over again" Hippy read the first f**king post

Hmmm... I thought I'd used mine with a GK and no tape but maybe not.

Gorilla tape seems to have worked well overnight on a sidewall cut that wasn't sealing above 50psi. Race test at 85 tonight.

GKs come in many flavours, give it a go anyway, since you don't have to add tape, it will be quite easy to throw on a tyre and see if it seats

Mine is currently unbuilt, I just thought I'd run it tubeless without tape back when it was built but that was a while ago so who knows...

Was this on a road tire? And how big was the cut? Interested as I have similar...

Yeah on an Sworks rapidair. Cut was a few mm long. Sealant would have been fine at MTB/gravel pressures. Survived 85psi racing last night with tape!

Just thought I'd share my first experience of running tubeless for sub 40K around Kent last weekend:

sub 40K

There's your issue. Needs to be 60k around Kent.

So it didn't seal but did you try dynaplug or anchovies?

Cheers, you've given me faith to try rather than buy a new tyre straight off!

I didn't, the cut looked too fat, plus there was a smaller cut very close to the rim which also didn't seal.

Also, didn't do 60k because ^ that happened.

I've not done it but I've seen people use more than one plug for longer cuts.

sub 40k

Could have almost got a kitchen for that amount

Won't somebody think of the £800 taps!!!

The inside of my mudguards are covered in a film of Muc-Off sealant. Although it's quite satisfying to try and pick it all off, I was wondering if there was anything that might dissolve it all so I can get it off a bit quicker? They sell a 'glue & sealant remover' but is there anything more household that would work, without also trashing the finish on the mudguards?

Yeah true enough, I hadn't used them before though so didn't fancy my chances, and you know what works quite well? Whacking in a Soreen wrapper boot and flopping a tube in there. Also got a snack out of it.

I hadn't used them before though so didn't fancy my chances

At worst you'll have to stick in a tube anyway and you've tried them out.

If you can fix from the outside it means you keep the tyre seated, don't lose (as much) sealant, don't need to use a tube (which might flat further along anyway) and don't cover everything in jizz.

I really should've used my old Horizons to hack a big cut in and see how effective multiple anchovies and/or dynaplugs were - then I'd at least have experience without being out in the field (literally).

Although a CO2 cartridge or at least the ice cold gas that inflates the tyre will destroy the sealant making it ineffective and therefore that is self defeating

True enough. Part of the thought that went through my head was that the day before, I desperately needed a tubeless repair kit and the only one I could get my hands on was £40. Having felt angry enough with the shit tyre failure (excuse the pun) I'd vaguely decided I would not tubeless again, with that I was conceiving returning the repair kit for a refund. Couldn't do that if I had used it, even worse, used it, it failed, and used a tube and still down another £40 plus the ~£40 dead tyre.

CSB.

I have a much easier time just explaining that all my outdated bike tech is shit because it's old, rather than trying to justify to people why something modern is shit and wildly fucking expensive. The more money you spend the more you need to make up fanciful excuses for why it doesn't work.
Someone consolidated tubeless for me very well the other day:
MTB - Yes
CX / Gravel - Mixed
Road - No

Road - No

I've had about 6 punctures on 28c tyres that have all sealed and lost next to no pressure allowing me to not even get off my bike, including some times in the rain.
I've spent about 25 quid getting them both tubeless so about on par for inner tubes if you aren't repairing them with patches and saved myself a lot of time stood at the side of the road in the cold over winter.
I 100% back tubeless road. People are just scared

Agree and what I've been saying since I first tried tubeless.

Hippyisnotalwaysright

A sliced tyre is always usually ride ending

Simplest way to weigh up tubeless is tyre size.

Under 32c - not worth it. Over 32c 100% the way to go.

I run one road bike tubeless and the other tubed, not punctured either in over 10,000 miles (I'll puncture this weekend now).