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

For gravel and MTB with high volume tyres and low pressures, once you have them setup and working, they're pretty neat, especially if you're riding somewhere thorny. I still wouldn't bother for road.

Not exactly a ringing endorsement is it.

I've not had particular trouble with thorns. Are tyres like the Byways less puncture resistant than older equivalent/similar non-tubeless tires, because they are expecting most people to run them tubeless?

Not one single puncture yet on my aged Clement USH, plenty of commuting as well as 'gravel'.

I'm not really bothered. Run whatever works for you. I've finished multiple TCRs with gravel sections, rough roads, yada yada with tubed tyres and zero flats. Doesn't mean TL isn't a good idea for things like my MTB rides. If what YOU are riding is giving no issues with tubes, then moving to TL seems pointless.

TL tyres often have thicker/stronger sidewalls than their equivalent tubed versions.

TL are more faff to setup but less faff in use. If you're the guy constantly pinch flatting on rocky, stabby rides then you might be told to run TL or find another group.

If what YOU are riding is giving no issues with tubes, then moving to TL seems pointless

This is wise I think. Big bike industry clearly want me to go tubeless but I shall resist

They sent me replacements FoC when I emailed them photos of sidewalls that leaked. Tyres are still going strong

Good to here .

What are people using to get dried up latex off the tyre edges ?

I left a tyre out in the rain for a week, all the dried up sealant vanished

Any suggestions for rim tape? Or do they all work more or less the same?

VESA

tesa

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https://thecycleclinic.co.uk/collections/tubeless-bits-and-bobs/products/tubeless-rim-tape-21mm-25mm-or-32mm-x66m

Thanks! I'll give that a go.

I found the Halfrauds* blue tape works really well.

*Tony Bliar of New Liebour sent me there

I got a small tear in the sidewall of my rear 28c GP5000S TR the other day after a particularly rough section of road. I fixed it with a plug and was able to get home. According to Strava I’ve done just shy of 4000km on them, no other punctures to speak of. The wear indicators show they still have some life left but I’m wondering whether I should just replace them at this point. How safe is it to ride with a plugged rear that could potentially open up again? For reference I’m 63kg and riding at around 65psi. I do about 1250km a month so I guess they’ll need replacing in a month or so anyway.

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How safe is it to ride with a plugged rear that could potentially open up again?

I mean, that's what we all do with tubeless.

Oh, except I don't use tubeless on the road. You're far more likely to be doing 70kph on the road and that's not when I want a plug leaving a tyre.

It is on the rear though so it's less likely to be instant death, just an escalating speed wobble towards hospital. At least you're light so you don't hit the ground as hard.

Personally I would ride it. Publicly I'd tell anyone else not to ride it.

I mean, that's what we all do with tubeless.

Haha, I wouldn't care if it was on the tread, but with it being the sidewall I'm a little more apprehensive

I might save it for commuting or something but if I was doing another long ride I'd not want to be stuck in the middle of nowhere having to boot the slashed tyre. So for me it does kind of depend on how much impact it letting go would have.

Polyester powder coating masking tape from eBay. It's slightly stretchier than Tesa packin tape and a bit stickier, so it's easier to apply. I think it's also a bit slidier so the tyres seat more easily.

Another option that I didn't even think of until now is to remove the plug and do a proper patch job on it, if possible.

These things are dumb right?

Just bought a second hand pair of wheels and after much swearing and fighting removed the tyres that were fitted to find this thing lurking inside. Expensive pieces of foam that absorb all your sealant? Or genuinely useful?

Would never buy these but I've got em now...

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@leggy_blonde has them, does mad skids

foam that absorb all your sealant?

Shouldn't do that as they're closed-cell.

They supposedly can help your tyre stay seated if you have a massive blow out (see some of the explosions at paris-roubaix this year where riders didn't use them). You're meant to be able to ride home on them too but would be quite rough.

My limited experience with them also seems to suggest that bigger holes seal up slightly better as they stop all the air rushing out in one go (less air rush gives the sealant more chance to block the hole).

I’ll take them if you don’t want them.