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ChosenOne Little Ring Offline Posts: 600 Joined: 11/02/08	Re: Tubeless tire sealant..., or not. Reply #20 - 09/25/17 at 12:13pm	Print Post
	IntheBush wrote on 09/25/17 at 11:39am: I ride 2-4 days a week minimum on local area trails. Sometimes more. CC, Springs, Sherman, etc.. I've got 4 bikes all currently running tubes.... ... And I can't remember the last time I had a punctured tube. I guess I'm just skilled. If somebodies riding style is beating their wheels to death on sharp rocks constantly and/or running ridiculously low air pressures I can see how snake bites could be a problem. But then, even tubeless setups aren't immune to abuse. I tried tubeless w/sealant. On one tire the valve leaked constantly, changing tires was a royal hassle and I didn't like my wheels being crusted over in that rather nasty sealant. I'm all for ditching the tubes, just looking at other options besides sealant and/or 10 lb. tires. Quoted for truth....

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Banjopickin Big Ring Offline Spinnin' knees & Hittin' trees since '85 Posts: 1805 Location: Pisgah National Forest, USA Joined: 08/01/11	Re: Tubeless tire sealant..., or not. Reply #21 - 09/25/17 at 12:31pm	Print Post
	I've been tubeless for years with almost no issues aside from clogged valves. I would highly recommend it... If you want to ditch toobs but dont want to run UST, sealant, etc.... Procore is what you seek... (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Or the many, many, "go fund me" startup projects out there that try to re-invent tubeless... But if you havent popped a tube in 10 years why make the change?? Seems to be working for you...
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bikermedic Little Ring Offline Swim, Bike, Run 140.6 Posts: 904 Joined: 04/07/09	Re: Tubeless tire sealant..., or not. Reply #22 - 09/25/17 at 6:20pm	Print Post
	You have three choices. Tubes and higher pressures, Tubeless ready with sealant or UST... That's it... Pick your poison....

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ChosenOne Little Ring Offline Posts: 600 Joined: 11/02/08	Re: Tubeless tire sealant..., or not. Reply #23 - 09/25/17 at 7:16pm	Print Post
	bikermedic wrote on 09/25/17 at 6:20pm: You have three choices. Tubes and higher pressures, Tubeless ready with sealant or UST... That's it... Pick your poison.... I run tubes and around 22-25 PSI on my bike 26"x2.3". Any lower and the damn tire rolls under the freaking rim... tubeless or not. Any lower and you are busting your rims all to hell... tubeless or not.

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ChosenOne Little Ring Offline Posts: 600 Joined: 11/02/08	Re: Tubeless tire sealant..., or not. Reply #24 - 09/25/17 at 7:25pm	Print Post
	Banjopickin wrote on 09/25/17 at 12:31pm: I've been tubeless for years with almost no issues aside from clogged valves. I would highly recommend it... If you want to ditch toobs but dont want to run UST, sealant, etc.... Procore is what you seek... (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Or the many, many, "go fund me" startup projects out there that try to re-invent tubeless... But if you havent popped a tube in 10 years why make the change?? Seems to be working for you... These are very intriguing if they weren't $80 each. Tubes are $6... if I run through one tube a year I'd need 26 years to get my money back on those procores.

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teamdicky Big Ring Offline Which way is out? Posts: 2929 Joined: 10/27/04	Re: Tubeless tire sealant..., or not. Reply #25 - 09/25/17 at 7:29pm	Print Post
	Did the time machine catch up to the current decade yet? UST is pretty much ded. ProCore is to help stop pinch flats in a tubeless set up, DH or Enduro applications. I can run 17PSI w/Ardent 2.4 EXO TR on a NOX Farlow rim. It doesn't roll off. It doesn't burp. It's never flatted in... seven years? Since we're still in the year 2013 (mebbe?), let's argue about how hookless rims will never work...
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Doc00t IB Room In The Loop Project Board Offline When in DOUBT, PEDAL it OUT Posts: 1785 Location: University Joined: 05/09/12	Re: Tubeless tire sealant..., or not. Reply #26 - 09/25/17 at 9:40pm	Print Post
	Best Thread of the month. Thank you all for a well needed laugh How about you just set it up tubeless and ride it around for a few month and then when all the stans dries up your golden. Nirvana achieved

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IntheBush Big Ring Offline Posts: 2031 Location: South of the border Joined: 10/30/09	Re: Tubeless tire sealant..., or not. Reply #27 - 09/25/17 at 11:09pm	Print Post
	ChosenOne wrote on 09/25/17 at 7:25pm: These are very intriguing if they weren't $80 each. Tubes are $6... if I run through one tube a year I'd need 26 years to get my money back on those procores. I'm happy to see that at least basic math is not ded. So, I guess this means nobody here is running tubeless w/o sealant. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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btalley Big Ring Offline aka "Lil Bill" or "Squatch" Posts: 1483 Location: Mooresville, NC Joined: 08/03/10	Re: Tubeless tire sealant..., or not. Reply #28 - 09/25/17 at 11:50pm	Print Post
	IntheBush wrote on 09/25/17 at 11:09pm: I'm happy to see that at least basic math is not ded. So, I guess this means nobody here is running tubeless w/o sealant. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Hi there BushyToobs. There is something oddly satisfying about stans spraying though a rather large tar puncture and sealing itself up or getting home from a mountains ride and finding 7 or so of them nasty thorns in ya tars while you realize they are still holding air and you didn't have to stop to address these concerns at all. But yea, toobs are great also

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IntheBush Big Ring Offline Posts: 2031 Location: South of the border Joined: 10/30/09	Re: Tubeless tire sealant..., or not. Reply #29 - 09/26/17 at 12:06am	Print Post
	I don't know Tally.. I guess when the only tool you've got is a hammer, every trail looks like a nail. I don't ride like a brick. More like a ballerina. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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btalley Big Ring Offline aka "Lil Bill" or "Squatch" Posts: 1483 Location: Mooresville, NC Joined: 08/03/10	Re: Tubeless tire sealant..., or not. Reply #30 - 09/26/17 at 12:31am	Print Post
	IntheBush wrote on 09/26/17 at 12:06am: I don't know Tally.. I guess when the only tool you've got is a hammer, every trail looks like a nail. I don't ride like a brick. More like a ballerina. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Have you ever seen Sasquatch dance? Nope! If it were to happen it wouldn't be purdy. Not even sure how one rides like a brick or a hammer or what the nails have to do with it. A brick just sits there with other bricks. If you ride like a ballerina then you have been mountain biking all kinds of wrong. Just because you wear spandex doesn't mean you have to dance and twirl in the woods. The fact that you haven't punctured a toob in 10 years explains a lot now...carry on

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IntheBush Big Ring Offline Posts: 2031 Location: South of the border Joined: 10/30/09	Re: Tubeless tire sealant..., or not. Reply #31 - 09/26/17 at 1:19am	Print Post
	Brick happens.. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Maybe they needed a little more sealant. Will do.

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ChosenOne Little Ring Offline Posts: 600 Joined: 11/02/08	Re: Tubeless tire sealant..., or not. Reply #32 - 09/26/17 at 2:59am	Print Post
	IntheBush wrote on 09/25/17 at 11:09pm: I'm happy to see that at least basic math is not ded. So, I guess this means nobody here is running tubeless w/o sealant. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Now that is genius.

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teamdicky Big Ring Offline Which way is out? Posts: 2929 Joined: 10/27/04	Re: Tubeless tire sealant..., or not. Reply #33 - 09/26/17 at 11:27am	Print Post
	ChosenOne wrote on 09/25/17 at 7:25pm: These are very intriguing if they weren't $80 each. Tubes are $6... if I run through one tube a year I'd need 26 years to get my money back on those procores. Google... pulling up Tubeless Ready tires from $29.98. BTW: You don't need "tubeless ready" to make it work. If I was only riding local trails "carefully" and not flatting tubes, I wouldn't be looking to swap to tubeless either. That said, if I wanted to ride rip&^&^ in Pisgah, I'd rather spend a little more time in the shop than I would in the woods patching tubes. I can remember those group mountain rides, before tubeless... lotsa bonding moments watching your buddies fix flats. And ask anyone who flats a tubeless system how much more carefully they will ride the rest of the day with a tubed repair. Nobody's even mentioned how awesome tire plugs work on fixing flats that are too big to seal with juice.

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SCOTT_T Big Ring Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 2092 Joined: 02/16/05	Re: Tubeless tire sealant..., or not. Reply #34 - 09/26/17 at 1:19pm	Print Post
	Bicycle tires were meant too have tubes in them.

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teamdicky Big Ring Offline Which way is out? Posts: 2929 Joined: 10/27/04	Re: Tubeless tire sealant..., or not. Reply #35 - 09/26/17 at 1:27pm	Print Post
	SCOTT_T wrote on 09/26/17 at 1:19pm: Bicycle tires were meant too have tubes in them. Man was never meant to go into space. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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OoHoO Little Ring Offline Gnar...Gnar...Gnar.. Posts: 696 Location: Charlotte Joined: 08/21/13	Re: Tubeless tire sealant..., or not. Reply #36 - 09/26/17 at 1:28pm	Print Post
	teamdicky wrote on 09/26/17 at 11:27am: Nobody's even mentioned how awesome tire plugs work on fixing flats that are too big to seal with juice. Yes, this, tire plugs are legit...they save the day and quick!

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teamdicky Big Ring Offline Which way is out? Posts: 2929 Joined: 10/27/04	Re: Tubeless tire sealant..., or not. Reply #37 - 09/26/17 at 1:38pm	Print Post
	OoHoO wrote on 09/26/17 at 1:28pm: Yes, this, tire plugs are legit...they save the day and quick! Yeth. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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JasonK Ex Member	Re: Tubeless tire sealant..., or not. Reply #38 - 09/26/17 at 2:00pm	Print Post
	Banjopickin wrote on 09/25/17 at 12:31pm: If you want to ditch toobs but dont want to run UST, sealant, etc.... Procore is what you seek... (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) $200?!? Looks cool but the sticker price was a surprise.

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btalley Big Ring Offline aka "Lil Bill" or "Squatch" Posts: 1483 Location: Mooresville, NC Joined: 08/03/10	Re: Tubeless tire sealant..., or not. Reply #39 - 09/26/17 at 2:18pm	Print Post
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