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Nov 2023
7:24pm, 1 Nov 2023
2,458 posts
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AndyS
There's still some sealant in there, but I don't know how much.
I'm guessing my incompetence has now damaged the tyre beyond repair - I just wish there was a way for idiots like me to be able to fix this kind of thing.
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Nov 2023
8:04pm, 1 Nov 2023
15,409 posts
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Yorkshire Pie
I realised that while I have multiple bikes with tubeless and have plugs, the tubeless usually works so well that I don't have much practice using them! I definitely prefer the dynaplugs to the bacon strips, but don't trust them enough to be a permanent fix - I'd use them to get me home then get a new tyre.
My last puncture was a funny one - it sealed enough to hold the pressure I put in with a mini pump (we were on a touring holiday so limited equipment) although it needed topping up every day, but when I got home and used a track pump on it the sealant failed to hold the higher pressure. I then plugged it as a test before getting a new tyre.
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Nov 2023
6:11am, 5 Nov 2023
2,795 posts
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Totriornottotri
2021 I had an issue with an old tyre and sealant with it spraying out every ride. I was riding on about 2 bar by the middle of every ride. Halfway through the trip I got new tyres and sealant and have had no issues since until I gashed the side wall and had to replace a tyre. I now have one tubeless and one tube lol.
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Nov 2023
8:09am, 5 Nov 2023
24,058 posts
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Meglet
The thing with tubeless is you don’t really know how many punctures you’ve avoided! (Except for one where I had to pull a spiky stick out of my tyre). I didn’t have a puncture ’in the wild’ with tubes. When tubeless do fail it’s more of an issue, but you’d probably had a similar issue with tubes anyway.
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Nov 2023
8:10am, 5 Nov 2023
24,059 posts
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Meglet
Still worth carrying a tube, and the dynaplugs are pretty good too.
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Nov 2023
8:46am, 5 Nov 2023
15,414 posts
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Yorkshire Pie
Yes I always carry a tube (and have done a practice run of removing the tubeless valve and fitting it!). That said, I've never actually used it on a ride.
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Feb 2024
11:06am, 7 Feb 2024
17,325 posts
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XB
Hellooo. Can anyone please recommend something to stop my brakes from screeching. I've just come down a long steep hill and the screech was bouncing off the walls of the flats.
Thanks
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Feb 2024
11:20am, 7 Feb 2024
2,506 posts
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MudMeanderer
Discs or rims?
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Feb 2024
12:40pm, 7 Feb 2024
3,118 posts
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Flatlander
If rim brakes:
Brake pads not toed-in to the wheel rims properly?
Grease/dirt on the rims?
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Feb 2024
12:49pm, 7 Feb 2024
17,326 posts
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XB
Sorry. Discs.
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