+1 to NIck's point. Tubeless is a good choice if you ride often enough or are disciplined enough to keep your sealant circulated and the tire is an appropriate size. My trusted LBS feels that 42 is the width that clearly reaches the positive benefit/detriment balance (that was relative to my conversation regarding 650B wheels).Their feeling comes from combined experiences with conversions, bike and wheel builds as well as maintenance of customer bikes with all sorts of tubeless wheels. They sell plenty of mountain and trail bikes but also stock RH, SON, B&M and Orange Seal products. They're too small to stock everything so they have already discriminated to inventory. A nice treat compared to either the brand shop stocking only the mother ship's product or the P-mart wannabe LBS with every product made on the shelf. Experience is pointless if not shared.
I heeded their advice with my Baby Shoe Pass bike when building it up. I had been in the tubed camp before that out of inertia and a lack of experience. With their encouragement and having read of many listers' adventures with tubeless, I moved beyond my hesitations. With respect to their input and my own insight, my 700x40 commuter remains tubed partly because it's a 90% likelihood it will be dark if I did have a flat and I'm not interested enough in the tubeless benefits for the Schwalbe Marathon tires to face the task of using a tube to inflate a failed tubeless tire on the roadside, at night after a long day at work. Certainly not interested in arriving to work late, covered in liberated tubeless sealant following the task. I think you'll enjoy the newfound lightness and ride of your tubeless setup. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at 8:48:16 PM UTC-5 rmro...@gmail.com wrote: > Greetings. I plan to install either Rene Herse Juniper Ridge (48mm) or > Umtanum Ridge (55mm) tires on my new Clem Smith Jr. It currently has G1 all > round tires in 2.25" width (57mm). Running tubes currently, considering > tubeless. I actually quite like the G1 tires but they are heavy. I weigh > 170 lbs. and use the bike primarily for mixed surface rides, preferably > smooth gravel / hardpack including light touring / bikepacking. I have the > Fleecer Ridge (55mm) tires on a different bike and they are pretty great > tubeless. I am leaning towards the Junipers to insure ample room for > (future?) fenders but interested in others opinions, especially on a Clem. > In any case I will likely use the standard casing and the rims are > Cliffhangers. I have had favorable comments from a couple of Juniper users > but have yet to talk to anyone using the larger tire. > Thanks! > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b69ca403-b6b0-459f-83d3-4f15a831ed58n%40googlegroups.com.
