Originally Posted by
AlmostTrick
I've read enough stories of difficulties mounting or getting a seal, the need for regular sealant addition, and worst of all the incidents of major messes, sometimes on the side of the road. There must be a reason for all the "help me fix my tubeless issues!
" threads that continuously pop up on BF. But hey, I'm glad you're happy with yours!
Seriously!! THIS! Right now there are at least two ongoing threads on the MISERY of tubeless tires. Without much effort I could find a dozen more started in just this year. WTF? Are all these riders ... what exactly ... I just don't know. To me anyway, all those threads have one thing in common. A very credible ring 0' truth. As I said in a post in one of those threads. Paraphrasing here: "One day (like with threadless stems) tubeless or not wont be an issue. When that day comes, fine. I'll go tubeless. The technology will be mature. The economies of scale established.
Most new bikes have disk brakes, why fight it. But right now ... tubeless? Absolutely not! Bontrager Hardcase Series clinchers DO NOT FLAT. I don't carry flat repair tools on the two bikes with the Bonties. Kenda's flat daily on these roads. Schwalbe Marathons flat every other month on these roads. The Bonties haven't flatted in YEARS of daily riding. The bike with the 2" Bontie H2 flatted once after four years and I was ready to get a new pair but after a new tube they are going strong again but with over 5K miles on them it's just a matter of time.