Sure, but I’d still argue that the vast majority of flats people get would have been avoided by running tubeless. I’ve fixed around 8 punctures over the past 10,000km and only one of them was such that tire sealant wouldn’t have fixed.
Fair enough - I suppose it’s a caution borne out of experience of the awful roads by me - I’ve had a lot of unsealable punctures on the roads near me (from gashes to a bit of glass that wiggled around just enough to not seal).
As a result I always caveat advice to go tubeless - for “proper” punctures (anything more serious than a pin prick or snakebite) tubeless can be a can of worms, and give people a sense of confidence that inner tube users don’t have (wisely).
Granted it’s also down to tyre choice (you can pry my patched panaracers from my cold dead hands) but a tyre pissing sealant and air is much more of a hassle to deal with than an inner tube in my experience.
Going tubeless would solve this or alternatively put tire sealant inside your tubes.
Tubeless is great for small piddly punctures. Anything bigger and a spare inner tube and tyre boot are a necessity (esp. on longer rides).
Sure, but I’d still argue that the vast majority of flats people get would have been avoided by running tubeless. I’ve fixed around 8 punctures over the past 10,000km and only one of them was such that tire sealant wouldn’t have fixed.
Fair enough - I suppose it’s a caution borne out of experience of the awful roads by me - I’ve had a lot of unsealable punctures on the roads near me (from gashes to a bit of glass that wiggled around just enough to not seal).
As a result I always caveat advice to go tubeless - for “proper” punctures (anything more serious than a pin prick or snakebite) tubeless can be a can of worms, and give people a sense of confidence that inner tube users don’t have (wisely).
Granted it’s also down to tyre choice (you can pry my patched panaracers from my cold dead hands) but a tyre pissing sealant and air is much more of a hassle to deal with than an inner tube in my experience.