Originally Posted by
Rick
tomato coupe: VegasJen's post was just another indicator that the tubeless situation is more work than it is worth for my situation. I have very few flats and the most recent ones were about 3 years ago. I tried some TPU tubes and they were not the cheap ones either. I have decided that I will stick with the devil that I know.
I will echo tomato coupe's point -- your reply did make it sound as if you were put off of tubeless by a red herring. But with that established, then yeah, it might not make sense to buy new wheels just to go tubeless, especially on a road bike, and especially if you're not getting many flats.