Hi all,
Dug out my mtb bike during lockdown and want a more reassuring tyre or inner to prevent dreaded punctures. Is it worth going to tubeless tyres or sticking with inner tubes with a sealant or even investing in kevlar type lined tyres?
Dug out my mtb bike during lockdown and want a more reassuring tyre or inner to prevent dreaded punctures. Is it worth going to tubeless tyres or sticking with inner tubes with a sealant or even investing in kevlar type lined tyres?
In reply to Post #1
My mountain bike was prone to punctures but since I added some puncture reistant tape between the tyre and tube, they have become less of a problem. My racing bike has kevlar walled tyres but a jagged piece of glass will still catch me out, especially as my local cycle path seems to be inhabited by drunken morons who think that after downing a bottle of beer, it's OK to throw it into the air and shatter it!
My mountain bike was prone to punctures but since I added some puncture reistant tape between the tyre and tube, they have become less of a problem. My racing bike has kevlar walled tyres but a jagged piece of glass will still catch me out, especially as my local cycle path seems to be inhabited by drunken morons who think that after downing a bottle of beer, it's OK to throw it into the air and shatter it!
In reply to Post #1
Only tried them on my road bike briefly, after the first fairly spectacular puncture and having to ponce an inner tube off a good samaritan I lost a bit of faith in them. I must say though, the amount of thorns and glass fragments I pulled out of the tire before putting the tube in was amazing, but the difficulty in getting the tire off, cutting the seal at the valve hole etc sort of cancelled out the benefits of getting less punctures.
Before my knees gave up I was using slime in a really durable tube tyre combination for commuting in all weather's. Even when I got a puncture that wouldn't seal fully I could normally keep enough pressure in the tyre to get me a mile or two between top ups
Only tried them on my road bike briefly, after the first fairly spectacular puncture and having to ponce an inner tube off a good samaritan I lost a bit of faith in them. I must say though, the amount of thorns and glass fragments I pulled out of the tire before putting the tube in was amazing, but the difficulty in getting the tire off, cutting the seal at the valve hole etc sort of cancelled out the benefits of getting less punctures.
Before my knees gave up I was using slime in a really durable tube tyre combination for commuting in all weather's. Even when I got a puncture that wouldn't seal fully I could normally keep enough pressure in the tyre to get me a mile or two between top ups
In reply to Post #1
Going tubeless is a no brainer for MTB imo mate. I never struggled on the trails but there's a couple of towpaths on my local ride that are constantly covered in thorns. I was getting a puncture every week it seemed. I messed about with different tubes including the ones containing sealant (tried the Slime ones and the Joe's ones) and they were rubbish. Bit the bullet and went full tubeless. Problems gone.
It was EASY - a 20 minute job mate. I recommend the STANS tubeless kit
Edit: the above assumes you realise you need tubeless ready rims etc? It's not as easy as just putting tubeless tyres on.
Going tubeless is a no brainer for MTB imo mate. I never struggled on the trails but there's a couple of towpaths on my local ride that are constantly covered in thorns. I was getting a puncture every week it seemed. I messed about with different tubes including the ones containing sealant (tried the Slime ones and the Joe's ones) and they were rubbish. Bit the bullet and went full tubeless. Problems gone.
It was EASY - a 20 minute job mate. I recommend the STANS tubeless kit
Edit: the above assumes you realise you need tubeless ready rims etc? It's not as easy as just putting tubeless tyres on.
In reply to Post #4
Thanks for the advice guys. Thorns are the main issue!
Thanks for the advice guys. Thorns are the main issue!