"But the reality is tubeless has weight and tire advantages that are noticeable on a ride, ..."
I keep reading assertions like this, but I don't see how its true. Re weight: I have two 650b bikes. One is tubeless the other has tubes. The tubes I use are 108gr (aka 3.8oz) schwalbe SV14 extralight. I presume my tubeless tires have 3oz of sealant in them. Apparently I should add 2oz to each tire after 6 month or so. I don't see how there is a weight savings here. Certainly nothing noticeable. Re tire advantages (meaning better ride?) If you are big/heavy enough that you are forced to use higher pressure than you otherwise would to avoid pinch flats ok fine. But that is not my situation, and I suspect it is not a factor for a lot of riders. The only advantage of tubeless that I believe is real is not flatting when pierced by thorns or staples/wires etc. On Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 12:23:31 PM UTC-7, Joe Bernard wrote: > > I think the argument James is presenting applies to folks like me, a 57yo > guy who's been riding tubed tires for decades and knows what the deal is > with them. As I've expressed before (probably in this thread, definitely on > this forum), I struggled to figure out tubeless tires on a bike I owned and > kinda threw in the towel..tubes work and I understand them. > > But the reality is tubeless has weight and tire advantages that are > noticeable on a ride, it's not something arcane like buying a rear derailer > with a few grams knocked off. So I watched the Analog live thing on > Instagram yesterday and learned a bunch. What was more interesting to me > than the project itself was how easy it was for folks with no tire > changing/mounting experience to follow. I could "see" them not having to > unlearn stuff I know so they could learn a new thing, they just got the new > thing as though that's the way it works. It helped a LOT for me to watch it > from their POV. > > I thing tubeless makes sense, even if some folks are happy with their > tubes. I like friction and indexing, too 😉 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/692d8964-3e4f-423f-85a0-a242c9a452fc%40googlegroups.com.
