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I want to do everything possible to not have to fuck with tyres in the middle of an event. Road tyres are one thing - flat you patch it and roll on or swap the tube, whatever, 15mins and you're rolling. Off-road, you're getting hosed in sealant, you try dynaplug it might work or maybe you've rolled the bead off already because it's 45% death downhill and you couldn't stop in time and now you're Bukkake Guy in the mountains screaming at the moon trying to get a tyre to seat. You might finally fix it but then have to run a tube and then spend the rest of the event patching pinch flats because there's rocky bullshit for the next 700k...
I am not going to win any of these races so I'm not looking for the fastest option (that I can blame when I quit). I want the most durable (and maybe safest) option that is most likely to result in my finishing the route.
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@hippy interested to know what pressures you decide to run with or without inserts. As a fellow larger gent I always feel I run too high, but the risk of burping a tyre feels worse than the risk of being jiggled about