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Originally Posted by rsbob
Ran into a guy with a flat last summer and offered help. He told me he was 25 miles from home and already had 3 flats. Used both spare tubes and his only patch and now was SOL. I was riding one of my tubeless bikes and remembered that I had a new patch kit in my saddle bag (which was now useless to me). I gave him the kit and wished him better luck and told him to sweep in the inside of the tire with his fingers.

I run both tubed and tubeless road bikes. I only do short hauls (less the 40 miles) on the tubed bike because I hate repairing flats. Over 8000 miles on the tubeless with zero flats, but I live in the country with little broken glass and crap like I used to encounter in the city.
running TL is nice as it can enable a lower psi, which not only adds potential comfort, but reduces the pumps needed.
I like running TL, but I still carry a spare tube, a HD patch kit that can serve as a tire boot, & some spare sealant (that I replace annually) . The sealant has been all I've used up so far in the event of a PSI loss. Once below a certain PSI, I pick out the debris, I dump in the sealant & air it back up.
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