Originally Posted by
Nerull
You either patch the tire, or install a tube.
+1
Tubeless tires are basically exactly like tubed tires...they just have beads that seal and goo inside. A riding buddy of mine went tubeless because he hated getting flats....then went back to tubes because he continued to get flats. He then found out that the tires cut easily, and forced him to frequently replace $65 tires instead of repairing/replacing a $4 tube and continuing on. Oh, and in the middle of a century, I had to give him a tube because his "flatproof" tubeless tire wasn't working AGAIN...and installing the tube worked exactly like any other standard tire. Problem solved. They actually advertise this about tubeless, so it's no secret.
-Jeremy