Without fail, if you mention online that something happened on a mountain bike ride, a bunch of people who slowly ride road bikes respond with their opinions based on roads.

This wasn’t a tubeless fail. I hucked a big jump and hit something that tore clean through the tread of my tire. Despite this, it held air long enough for me to safely stop.

That same situation with an inner tube would have resulted in an instant deflation, maybe I could have stopped safely, maybe not. It would have still necessitated a new tube, so what’s the difference?

I live less than a half mile away from work. It’s the only ride I’ll take without a spare tube.