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All good points. Proper MTB and tired as fuck, middle of the night etc doesn't have to go hand in hand though. For balance it's important to point out that you and hippy are the outliers here in terms of distance, duration and conditions. Most people I know ride blue trails for 2-3 hours and go home.
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For proper MTB (not just glorified gravel) I run one front and rear. The reason is, that when you're tired as fuck and it's the middle on the night you're a lot more likely to smash into a water bar, rock, boar and damage your front wheel and or tyre. You might not have the energy or skill lift and move the front wheels like you do when out for a nice day ride. Sure, there is a chance you won't, but by having that insert you can relax and not worry much. Also you have more weight over the front wheel with bikepacking, pressures might be low. I think for the small weight it's not much other drawback. I also run sexy carbon rims and I'd like to not brake these ones.