Originally Posted by
msu2001la
Flat protection?
I think for 28mm and narrower road tires there really aren't a ton of benefits to tubeless beyond flat protection. I like 28mm tubeless for road, but run these at basically the same PSI that I'd run with tubes (60-65psi) so there's not a discernable difference in comfort, and any differences in rolling resistance seems marginal at best.
For higher volume tires the difference starts to become a lot more noticable. I can run my tubeless CX tires much lower than I can a tubed setup. I assume the same would apply to high volume road tires.
Yeah, I know. In my case, I run 25mm and get a flat every 6 months or 5000 miles, so I have not gone through the hassle of adopting tubeless. I know it's viable and makes more sense if you get lots of flats and/or want to run wider tires/lower pressure. But not worth it for me.
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