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

Currently enjoying my 38c hyper voyager tubeless experience.

Currently running some IRC X-Guard 25s, following a nightmare with some Schwalbe Pro-Ones (not designed for commuting). Early days yet, but other people seem to have had good experiences with them.

Are these the tubeless version that aren't sold as tubeless?

They're the ones that were sold for £15 on planet X.....

Ta, ordered a couple

Update to exploding G-One and death Stans rims, SBC couldn't get the tyre to seat even at silly PSI (see attached). Sent back to Bike24 for a replacement which seated fine apparently.

We'll see what happens.

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More luck - is this ded

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Bollox

how did that happen?

jra?

Dunno. SDW I guess.

Dunno. SDW I guess. Should probably put a few more psi in next time.

I'd try patching that from the inside. Might hold out on a mountain bike at relatively low pressures.

What is the best value anchovy/dynaplug-type solution?

Also, G-One users: what's the life expectancy of tyres once the central knobbles are pretty much flat?

thousands more km for me.

Does anyone have a shopping link to standard G-ones for commuting purposes? I find the varying types of schwalbe tyres rather confusing meaning comparing prices/specs on shops online is even more confusing.

Anyone tried the rbcc flavour of IRCs?

I'm amongst those looking for pro one alternatives - much as I think they ride fast, they don't like weather and would be good to check out alternatives

I have RBCCs, haven't been especially impressed by them. Grip and durability feel middling to me (prev experience with GP4000s, 4 Seasons, Michelin Pro4 Endurance). Comfort and speed are good but that's probably more down to tubeless and new wheels.

Interesting. Any other tubeless comparables?

I've ridden gp 4000 / seasons loads in the past but not the Michelin's; I liked pro ones but they're too soft for doing many miles. Just didn't want to go to the X-guards and find them feeling too slow v. Pro ones. Tough choices

Haven't used any other tubeless tyres I'm afraid.

many find them very durable (I do or I would have given up and use something else). I have been testing mavic yskions to compare and they are wearing at around twice the rate and grip well enough in the dry but run out more in the wet. It is the wet grip where the RBCC shine. Dry grip they dont but neither does anything else.

The X guard tyre shows similar rolling resistance to the 4 seasons tyre at the same pressure so no slower in the test I had done. The difference I never got a 4 seasons past 1000 miles before I killed it somehow.

This is good news: https://www.cxmagazine.com/challenge-tires-tubeless-gravel-grinder-strada-bianca-2018-sea-otter

You want the ‘g-one Allround’.

Schwalbe need to consolidate their range a bit I think. It’s getting silly.

Fitted 28mm Panaracer Gravel Kings (smooth tubed version) to DT R500 rims yesterday. Two wraps of 25mm Tesa 4289, Hutchinson valves, Stans Race sealant. Went on with minimal swearing, inflated first time with my track pump and other than minimal sealant leakage through the tread of one tyre, seemed to seal just fine. Will check if they're still up tonight.

Very impressed with the Gravel Kings in general. Have used the 32mm smooth (on Stans A340) and 43mm SK (on Stans Crest) versions as well - they're light-ish, fast enough, plenty grippy and don't cost loads.