Should I upgrade to tubeless

[bikebloke]

ill say it again cause it helps to vent -

 

this tubeless wheel story is like having two 2 year olds on the bike with you !

 

with the leaking , burping, squirting nasty sticky crap everywhere and needing constant attention and feeding every time you want to go anywhere ...

 

seriously im one ride away from just going and buying two bloody tubes and a puncture kit or with the way the job market is maybe ill just have to employ a full time mechanic( baby sitter) if I want to ride my (mostly unused) mountainbike

 

#tubelessisNOTbetter

[NotSoBigBen]

I bet almost every mtb'r on this site uses tjoopless bar one or 1 without any issues ... I don't think the problem is with tjoopless per se.

 

Jeez guys it's not frikkin rocket science!

 

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[ChrisF]

I encounter more thorns along the tar on my commute than I see on a gravel trail ....

 

Commute bike I went straight for tubeless 

 

 

trail bike was bought with tubes and liners .... waiting for the inevitable, with some luck the rear tire will need replacement before I need to have a long talk with myself ....

[Eddy Gordo]

I bet almost every mtb'r on this site uses tjoopless bar one or 1 without any issues ... I don't think the problem is with tjoopless per se.

 

Jeez guys it's not frikkin rocket science!

 

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I will put my hand up. I use tubes. Went tubeless once, went back to tubes. Been contemplating going tubeless since and havent bothered. 

Tubes you put in and forget. I told myself should I start getting puncture after puncture after puncture, I will convert to tubeless. It has been years and I havent. 

How often must one top up tubeless fluid?

[bikebloke]

I will put my hand up. I use tubes. Went tubeless once, went back to tubes. Been contemplating going tubeless since and havent bothered. 

Tubes you put in and forget. I told myself should I start getting puncture after puncture after puncture, I will convert to tubeless. It has been years and I havent. 

How often must one top up tubeless fluid?

thank goodness some one is still sane

 

and don't even get me started on tyres that say TLE - TUBELESS EASY se mo.......  

[Eddy Gordo]

thank goodness some one is still sane

 

and don't even get me started on tyres that say TLE - TUBELESS EASY se mo.......  

No, man

Tubeless is easy to setup. I have done plenty of systems and even manage to seat them with a floor pump.

[Brickleberry]

The fact that you can still buy a mountain bike without tubeless is disgusting actually.

[bikebloke]

No, man

Tubeless is easy to setup. I have done plenty of systems and even manage to seat them with a floor pump.

 

anytime you like mate bring your pump

 

 

but seriously im buying some tubes im done with this fred in a shed sh*t 

[Brickleberry]

ill say it again cause it helps to vent -

 

this tubeless wheel story is like having two 2 year olds on the bike with you !

 

with the leaking , burping, squirting nasty sticky crap everywhere and needing constant attention and feeding every time you want to go anywhere ...

 

seriously im one ride away from just going and buying two bloody tubes and a puncture kit or with the way the job market is maybe ill just have to employ a full time mechanic( baby sitter) if I want to ride my (mostly unused) mountainbike

 

#tubelessisNOTbetter

#youaredoingitwrong

[berg_fiets]

Been running tubeless for about 5 years not with multiple rims and tyres. Not a single issue. Decent sealant and rim tape aka Stan's with UST tyres... Run pressures as low as 1.3 bar sometimes. Try that on tubes... Did someone say snakebyte. Cape winelands has enormous amount of devil thorns. Can easily pickup a dosen or more in a single ride, tube killer. Each to their own though

[myveonix]

11 km [on tar] from base this happened. Stan's got me home.

[Allrounder]

nice. 

[Allrounder]

I like the tubeless. easy as pie. Had issues before, but with old tyres and very old sealant. 

[karlito]

For everyone it's different.

 

For me tubeless works great, but I can do it myself. If you are reliant on the lbs to do everything you might reconsider.

 

But honestly the first time can be a bit tricky and after that it is smooth sailing. Using proper tubeless tires will make life much easier.

 

So buy a friend a beer and let him show you how.

 

To top up the sealant you don't even need to take the wheels off the bike, just remove a small section of the tire from the rim. Take no more than 5 minutes.

[Allrounder]

For everyone it's different.

 

For me tubeless works great, but I can do it myself. If you are reliant on the lbs to do everything you might reconsider.

 

But honestly the first time can be a bit tricky and after that it is smooth sailing. Using proper tubeless tires will make life much easier.

 

So buy a friend a beer and let him show you how.

 

To top up the sealant you don't even need to take the wheels off the bike, just remove a small section of the tire from the rim. Take no more than 5 minutes.

Dont you just enject the sealant trough the valve after removing the core?

[NotSoBigBen]

Dont you just enject the sealant trough the valve after removing the core?

 

I normally do that but I do know that some tubeless valves do not have removable cores