Originally Posted by trekkie820
I am a bit hesitant to go tubeless. I usually ride pretty hard XC, and I just know that popping a tire would lead to having to buy a new tire, which is about 30 bucks, where a tube is only 5.
If you can't seal the hole in the tire, you can always just put a tube in a tubeless tire and pretend it's just a regular setup. That negates the tubeless aspect, but it's a cheap fix.