I've always ridden tube tires. Now I have my first tubeless road tires. What spares should I carry? I now carry a tube and an inflator. What do you tubeless folks carry to get you home after a puncture?
I've always ridden tube tires. Now I have my first tubeless road tires. What spares should I carry? I now carry a tube and an inflator. What do you tubeless folks carry to get you home after a puncture?
I've always ridden tube tires. Now I have my first tubeless road tires. What spares should I carry? I now carry a tube and an inflator. What do you tubeless folks carry to get you home after a puncture?
First you hope the sealant is good enough to immediately seal the puncture without too much air lost. In the event you get a puncture that is too large for the sealant to seal... like a tubed setup, you should always carry a patch kit. What good is tube if something else goes through the tire puncture and punctures the tube?I've always ridden tube tires. Now I have my first tubeless road tires. What spares should I carry? I now carry a tube and an inflator. What do you tubeless folks carry to get you home after a puncture?
It is a great question, especially since I could not remove my tubeless tires from the rims.
I'm considering a new bike next year which is tubeless and I'm worried about it. I might buy a bike based upon if the rims are tubeless or notThis is exactly what deterred me from using tubeless tires on a road bike thus far. I tried my friend's Michelin tubeless tires on my (tubeless ready) rim for test purpose and found it almost impossible to get them back off without breaking the rim or cutting the tires apart even when using beefy levers. No way I would want to mess with this during a ride. Since perfect fit between rims and tires seem to matter a lot I haven't made the move yet.
I'm considering a new bike next year which is tubeless and I'm worried about it. I might buy a bike based upon if the rims are tubeless or not
Are you concerned about a tubeless setup or are you concerned about hookless rims? If you don't want tubeless just install tubes. I suspect you are afeared of the difficulty of removal of compatible "hookless tires". If this is your real concern, go with @PowHog 's req and buy the bike you want and rebuild or replace the wheelset.I'm considering a new bike next year which is tubeless and I'm worried about it. I might buy a bike based upon if the rims are tubeless or not
What bike are you considering?
Yes, to pretty much everything that mentioned above. Giant TCR which has excellent rims from what I've read. Not looking for a bike until next spring and I'm hoping supply will be back to "normal". I'll need to ask/see if my bike shop would swap for the equivalent rims by somebody else that are hookless rims.He was looking at a Giant TCR in a different thread. I completely agree with you - now is *not* the time to be finicky about bike purchases, or you'll just wind up without a bike.
Not looking for a bike until next spring and I'm hoping supply will be back to "normal".
. I'll need to ask/see if my bike shop would swap for the equivalent rims by somebody else that are hookless rims.