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I rarely get punctures anyway (Michelin Pro4 Endurance) - what's the actual advantage of tubeless?
Actually maybe that's for another time. I go tubes for now I think. I've already bitten off quite a lot with all the tech I have no idea how to do; disc brakes, Shimano anything, even internal routing. What could go wrong?
What size rotors do I need? Is that frame thing, or a groupset thing?
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what's the actual advantage of tubeless?
Faster, lighter, smoother, lower pressures.
I personally don’t really care about the fewer punctures.
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What size rotors do I need? Is that frame thing, or a groupset thing?
The frame and fork dictate this - probably 160mm or 140mm but I don't know, sure Kinesis will have the info somewhere. Occasionally an adapter will let you go one size different but probably not more than that. Groupset (i.e. brake calipers in this instance) shouldn't care what size rotors it's grabbing.
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You might find yourself lucky and not experience a lot of punctures. you might also get 3 on a short ride in epping, and decide to try it out.
off-road, the advantages are tenfold and as listed by others, on-road too but the margin is smaller.second the butanos or similarly slightly flaring bars. it would allow you to smash it on the drops in epping.
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"Inboard Shimano Flat-Mount disc mounts on frame and fork (maximum 160mm rotors)."
I fit 160mm front and back on all our bikes, because I ain't got time to be dealing with 140mm rotors. I do have some 140mm lying about if you want to go that way.
Tijs
si_mon628
Glws
hippy
Love the colour of that frameset!
I’m normally well in the tubeless camp, but for commuting you need to know where you stand with a flat. Changing a tube takes X amount of time. Where as plugging a tubeless it not holding etc is an unknown. Not the stress you need in the way to work.