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I fucking love tubeless
It has worked for me mountain biking for years now. It’s not that I never get punctures but they reseal and I can just carry on.
On road bikes generally punctures did seal, and the ones that didn’t seal were cases where the tyre was so damaged it needed replacing anyway as it would have been a liability with a tube in.
Installation has become easier and I have been able to do the last few with a plain track pump and not needed a charger pump or compressor.
Advantages lower pressure, more grip, chance of pinch flats is negligible, and most penetrative punctures get sealed automatically, not needing inner tubes. My emtb even has cushcore inserts which can be ridden when flat. So I don’t even need to carry an inner tube.
Disadvantages you need proper tubeless tyres rims, tape and sealant.
dancing james-
Disadvantages you need proper tubeless tyres rims, tape and sealant.
Higher cost, don't work at high pressure, you also need dynaplugs, you still need to carry a tube, still need to top up sealant (ie. more maintenance than tubed tyre) and the valves will eventually clog, you probably need a new pump or air compressor or some fucking stupid coke bottle injector bodge, you will hate your life whenever you have to install a new tyre, etc.
The REAL best thing about tubeless is I don't feel less of a man just taking my bike to a shop now and going "please install these tyres, I'm not ready to cover my carpets in jizz this weekend" and leave it with the shop to deal with. That is the one true benefit of tubeless.
hippy
After reading a few pages in this thread, I'm thinking a couple of things...
First, kind of glad I'm not a bike mechanic anymore; this tubeless faff was just coming along, and it was about as much fun as trying to eliminate creaks.
But mainly, people must really hate patching a tube. Never found it that much of a bother myself, except for when stuff like snug mudguards or stupid cheap hub motors hardwired to the bike make removing the rear wheel an epic mission.