Originally Posted by WizardOfBoz

26mm road tires, cut within what I'd view as the normal range of "tread". That is, about 5mm off center. I'm not criticizing tubeless for being particularly difficult to repair. If I'd picked a good repair kit (like the Velox) which just used good old contact cement, I'd be fine with the patch. The think I was griping about was getting the d****d tire back on the rim. This may just be the Bontrager tire or rim (there appears to be very little "valley" in the center of the rim where the bead can go to give you clearance).

Regarding patching sidewalls, I'm a big guy (245#) and therefore I have the tires pumped up to max psi, so patching a sidewall is not anything I'd consider doing.