steveindenmark
Legendary Member
Ive just learnt what ghetto tubeless is.
Who has tried it and was it a disaster?
Who has tried it and was it a disaster?
Ive just learnt what ghetto tubeless is.
Who has tried it and was it a disaster?
Why do you want to try tubeless?.
I have tubeless on my CDF and it worked twice in one week during the winter. I stopped and put a bit of air in the tyre and off I went. It saved me having to fix a puncture at 5am in the freezing cold. I have added some sealant and that was quick, simple and clean. Unlike fixing Jannies rear puncture in the rain last weekend.Why do you want to try tubeless?
I keep being tempted but upon reading more I always get put off because the pitfalls seem to outweigh the benefits.
Once you start to think about it the thought soon dawns, WHY? The innertube method is simple and effective and works. It doesn't matter where you are in the world, you will probably be able to find a replacement tube to do the job in the case that you can't fix your existing tube with a couple of pence worth of patches.
- You have to top-up the fluid occasionally.
- There is a mess to clean up when it comes time to replace the tyres.
- It makes swapping tyres a bigger job (and this will also use more sealant).
- If you get a flat that the sealant can't cope with then you are left to remove the valve and put in a traditional innertube into the messy tyre anyway (so you still have to carry a tube and pump).
- Getting the tyres to mount on the rim in the first place can be tricky, so tricky that they even sell special pumps for the job now - http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeline-airblast-tubeless-tyre-track-pump-black-one-size Try doing that by the roadside!
- The tyres cost way more.
On my MTB sure, no way would I try at road bike pressures. I run proper tubeless on half of my road bikes, ghetto on one MTB and proper tubeless on another.