Originally Posted by
Jrasero
GCN Performance on Youtube covered this and while I am no for hookless, it's important to remember these are just recommendations. However the recommended tire is now 29mm which just leaves ENVE tires? Or lik you mentioned, you can just jump up to 30mm tires. I have reiterated this countless times and that's hookless is fine but for gravel or MTB but just because "x" amount of people bought 303s doesn't mean your "average" cyclist gets hookless and you always run the risk of them over inflating and using the wrong tire
Speaking of the average cyclist - I wonder how often shops see bikes coming in with hookless rims, but the owner is running regular tubed clinchers on them? I assume this happens fairly often, especially as bikes/wheels get re-sold second hand. It's not a problem until it is.
This conversation reminds me of the time a colleague of mine learned the hard way that the new (used) car they purchased had summer-only tires on it.