Old 04-09-23 | 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by b88
What a pain in the butt. Cleaning out the old sealant then getting the tire to stay inflated. Seating the tires is no issue with the fillmore tubeless valves. I stick the tires in a tub of water, cannot find any leaks but the air finds its way out.

In the last 5 years, I have yet to fix a flat while riding tubeless. But you have to carry a couple of tubes regardless. Kind of negates any advantage to running tubeless, especially at 65. a bottle for sealant. Plus that dried up crap you need to clean out.

How many of you converted to tubeless. Did u decide to switch back.
I'm sticking to tubeless for MTB, still on the fence on road. I do have one wheelset with 30mm tyres set up tubeless which I'm thinking about just putting tubes in.

I never clean the dried tubeless out of my tires. If I pop a bead for some reason, I only clean the bead and the rim if necessary to get the bead seated again.
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