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How are the Michelin Power Road tubeless working out?
@Saffronspokes are you still happy with yours?
Trying to decide between these or some Goodyear Eagle F1s, both in 32c.
damitamit-
Yeah love mine, still puncture free in over 10,000 miles on them (granted on my second set now). I tried the Goodyears for a week got 2 punctures and then gave up on them. The only thing to be mindful of with the Michelin ones are that they come up large, mine are 35c on my 25mm rims.
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I'd love to give them a glowing review but I'm in no position to do so as I've not really ridden them, life and a long holiday kinda got in the way.
As per my post up-thread I found them quite hard to get on, but could totally be me being an absolute weakling with shit technique.
Will opine once I've had a chance to put some kms in them.
Saffronspokes
ElGonzo
New bike came with Hope 20Fives, i asked ahead of taking delivery if rims were taped and ready for tubeless, the reply was a firm 'absolutely'.
Whipped off the 4 Seasons and after a bit (quite a lot) of struggling and swearing, got a pair of Michelin Power Roads on.
Couldn't get them to seat with track pump. Took them to LBS and they very kindly seated them with compressor. Looked like they were holding air so let them down, 40ml of sealant in each and pumped up to 70psi. Quick spin round the car park then left them overnight.
No dice, awoke to a pair of flat tyres and sad, jizzy puddles underneath them.
In my eternal optimism I thought 'just chuck a load more sealant in and it'll be fine'. It wasn't. Fuckers just wouldn't hold air overnight but it was seeping out so slowly I couldn't tell what the issue was... Could I be bothered to take tyres off, clean and dry everything, re-tape and all that? Could I fuck.
LBS to the rescue. They said the tape job was pretty poor, single loop with overlap at valve hole; sealant had seeped under the bits that weren't on quite properly. LBS re-taped with Scotch 8898, two and a bit loops and chucked in 70ml of sealant in each wheel. All good now.
Unnecessary faff and expense but lesson learnt: don't trust factory taping!