Originally Posted by
3alarmer
...as you are doubtless aware by now, helping is my very life's blood.
Right. I've watched it. What people are asking here is the impressions of people who have experience with the pros and the cons, people who they "know", so that they can weight the pros and cons for themselves. Sure any of us can refer people to a book or to technical literature. Once you read that, you will hear conflicting info. So then you turn to your knowledgeable friends and try to gather their opinions.
Meaningful and helpful:
"I personally have this experience and it is..."
"I know first-hand that person X has had this experience..."
"People I know who work with these tires and are open to new ideas have had this experience..."
Non-meaningful and non-helpful:
"I read this on the internet about them..."
"Logically (although I have no first hand experience), I would assume X about tubeless tires..."
"I don't like it because its new and I hope I never have to deal with it..."
I am in no way saying that tubeless tires are the thing for everyone. I'm not even 100% sure that tubeless tires are the thing for me. I'm open to trying them and I'm in the process right now of assessing my own experience with them.
Its just so counter-productive sometimes to have to wade through all the BF BS whenever something like this comes up. How about "there's pros and cons and here's what they are"? Not to be too straightforward about it.