If you don't care about tire and tube weight and ride quality, it won't help you much. I found that Big Apples, tubed, shrugged off most goatheads, especially on dirt. If you are likely to get large punctures, then sealant will cause problems because it will not seal them, and if in tubes, will prevent using a patch on the tube. Tubes are better. I rode 60 mm Big Apples and tubes off road with pressures at 16/19 with absolutely no problems. I rode them at ~20/23 on 30+ mph downhills over very rough gravel -- so rough in patches I couldn't catch my breath and my vision was blurred; no pinch flats.
I like tubeless off road for weight saving (200 gram tubes) and the ride quality it allows with super light, supple tires; but if you don't care about tire weight or riding quality, and don't have thorns, I'd not bother. As I said in an earlier post, avoiding pinch flats IME is largely a matter of riding technique. On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 8:53 AM, William! <william.c.hender...@gmail.com> wrote: > I’ve been thinking about converting to tubeless as well (both my rims and > tires are compatible) but have been scared away by their new-fangledness > and reputation for being fussy. I already have pretty good luck with my > tubes, very rarely a puncture flat but I have had pinch flats when running > lower pressure on trails. I have zero interest in performance, weight, > rolling resistance etc. > > > Will tubeless save me hassle or create it? Anyone tried tubeless and not > found it easier? Do you have to pump up your tires more often than with > tubed? Other gotchas or hidden maintenance costs I should consider? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, New Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique ************************************************************************** ************** *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
