Tubeless or tubed ??

[Biff600]

After getting a puncture yesterday and having to walk 6 miles home (yes, schoolboy error not having a spare tube with me), I have been thinking.................

Is it worth sticking with tubed tyres and carrying tubes, pump, repair kit, levers etc or is it worth going tubeless (the wheels and tyres are compatible)

Its a 650b MTB

 

[Ajax Bay]

Please search on "tubeless" and read at least half a dozen long threads. Then come back with a synopsis of what you think.

 

[screenman]

Tubeless all the way on MTB for me.

 

[Racing roadkill]

Tubeless is a no brainer on a MTB ( that means tubeless is a good idea).

 

[si_c]

Tubeless road looks great. I've been planning to swap over to using it on my commuter (again wheels are compatible, tyres are not), but I've still not worn the front tyre enough to justify replacing it (8000km) and I've had one puncture in 9 months so I've not had the motivation to do it yet. To be honest, given the reliability of modern tyres and tubes, it's really a coin toss as to whether it is worth it. I'm torn on the issue.

 

[Elybazza61]

Any future wheel/rim will be tubeless for me in the future.

 

[Racing roadkill]

Tubeless road looks great. I've been planning to swap over to using it on my commuter (again wheels are compatible, tyres are not), but I've still not worn the front tyre enough to justify replacing it (8000km) and I've had one puncture in 9 months so I've not had the motivation to do it yet. To be honest, given the reliability of modern tyres and tubes, it's really a coin toss as to whether it is worth it. I'm torn on the issue.

Don’t use tubeless on a skinny high pressure ‘roady’ set up. It’s about as effective as solving an algebra equation, by chewing bubble gum. The only advantage of going tubeless, on a road set up, is the lower rolling mass, and the way the tyre works in corners. The puncture protection is non existent , and the pain in the arse caused by the set up, on a roadside fix, really doesn’t help.

 

[mjr]

After getting a puncture yesterday and having to walk 6 miles home (yes, schoolboy error not having a spare tube with me), I have been thinking.................

Is it worth sticking with tubed tyres and carrying tubes, pump, repair kit, levers etc or is it worth going tubeless (the wheels and tyres are compatible)

Its a 650b MTB

I'd just carry at least instant patches and pump. I think you'll need more kit for tubeless than that so maybe it depends if your setup would self-heal well enough that you'd trust it.

Also, if you're near Peterborough, don't corner shops stock repair kits (many do in Norfolk, even in fairly small villages) or had you not taken a pump?

 

[Levo-Lon]

Go tubeless if you can.
It can be a pain if the wheels and tyre are not tubeless ready.
Ill happily help you sort it if you want..
Once done its great

Pm me

 

[Racing roadkill]

Go tubeless if you can.
It can be a pain if the wheels and tyre are not tubeless ready.
Ill happily help you sort it if you want..
Once done its great

Pm me

Until you get a tiny stone / flint / pointy thing in the tyre. You end up with a load of sealant up your back, a squishy unrideable tyre, and a nightmare of a job getting the tyre re seated, having extracted the villain, re filling the tyre with the sealant that’s been lost, and you need to have a high shot pump to hand, which approximately no one ever has had. You might as well not bother, and just use a clincher and tube set up, on a ( relative ) high pressure road tyre set up unless you have support with you, and if you have support with you, you’d be better off with tubs anyway.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

43,000 miles on tubeless and no punctures. With the right rims and tyres it is great. Great rolling and excellent puncture protection.

 

[Smokin Joe]

43,000 miles on tubeless and no punctures.

Oh dear.

That's three in the next fortnight then.

 

[mustang1]

43,000 miles on tubeless and no punctures. With the right rims and tyres it is great. Great rolling and excellent puncture protection.

What wheels, tyres and pressures are you running? Thanks in advance.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Until you get a tiny stone / flint / pointy thing in the tyre. You end up with a load of sealant up your back, a squishy unrideable tyre, and a nightmare of a job getting the tyre re seated, having extracted the villain, re filling the tyre with the sealant that’s been lost, and you need to have a high shot pump to hand, which approximately no one ever has had. You might as well not bother, and just use a clincher and tube set up, on a ( relative ) high pressure road tyre set up unless you have support with you, and if you have support with you, you’d be better off with tubs anyway.

Its for MTB.
Though you can get sealant on your clothes which wont wash out

 

[screenman]

Its for MTB.
Though you can get sealant on your clothes which wont wash out

I have never had this mass evacuation of sealant some people talk about, am I doing something wrong as I do not like being left out of things.