Originally Posted by
FlashBazbo
And I'll disagree with the advice to go tubeless. On gravel, you're not worried about pinholes, you're worried about gashes and cuts from the rock/gravel. (I've never had or seen a snakebite in a tubed tire on gravel.) Tubeless tires are just as likely to slice as tubed tires -- and repairing/tubing them is a much bigger, much messier hassle. (And you still have to carry tubes, either way.)
I went tubeless because I got tired of the snake bites with tubes. I rarely get any other type of flat. But hitting a rock or sharp bump at low pressure with a tube seems to be guaranteed to give me a snake bite. They are my biggest fear when riding (and why I ride with more pressure with tubes than I want).
I have a repair kit for tubeless tires that can fix them without them being taken off the wheel. But yeah, a slice in a tubeless tire can be a mess!