Originally Posted by
HTupolev
How often does that actually happen? Tons of people in the gravel and MTB communities run tubeless specifically because they can get away with super-low PSI across rough terrain without much trouble.
I once met someone who - no joke - rode his 23mm Conti 4 Seasons at about 30PSI. He said he experienced constant pinch flats. His tires were failing, but it wasn't from cuts; it was from the casing fabric fraying its way out through the sidewall rubber. It looked absolutely ridiculous, the tire sidewalls discolored and fuzzy all around. Otherwise the tire looked healthy.
It does not happen that often as they are run with higher pressures / used on smoother roads.
MTB/gravel are not 23-25mm wide. That is a different tire/setup, and not a road setup.
Put 60PSI on a tubular vs 60 PSI on a tubeless (in a road tire) on a rough road and you would see different results. Just that - people don't do that for tubeless, while they do for tubulars.