Originally Posted by
WhyFi
This is *very* different than "tubeless solves all your flat woes."
I wouldn't blink if someone said the former - it's not at all hard to believe that someone would go a year or two or three without a flat - but I would likely provide a reality check if someone claimed the latter. That's just dumb.
There was context around that. But I'm not sure it's worth going into (rather, I'm sure it's not) as the discussion was a while ago. There was a clear statement of "tubeless solves all your flat woes and you're dumb if you don't convert".
However, where I ride, the killer is mostly construction debris and based on your 1/4" boundary, I'm not sure it would help here - it's mostly screws, nails, and gravel through the sidewall. And the resulting gashes are indeed > 1/4". The small punctures from glass or staples occur less than 1x/ year.
Regardless, it seems cycling (or at least road cycling) craves equipment flamewars. Wide rims, deep rims, aero vs lightness, rim vs disc, tubeless, 1x, carbon/ steel/ alu, threaded vs pressfit… what will it be next year?