•if using Stan's it's recommended you occasionally clean out rim and tire•I don't carry a tube around town, just extra sealant (2 oz.), but on a long ride or overnights I carry a tube too (and a repair kit) •I always carry tire plugs and a toolkit • sealant here (San Francisco) lasts about 6 months, then I just add another 2 oz. by removing the valve core.
On Sunday, November 17, 2019 at 8:11:05 AM UTC-8, ted wrote: > > I would like some advice on tubeless tire "best practices" please. > I've recently started riding with tubeless tires (wtb byways) after > decades of riding with tubes (and tubulars). > Though I understand the tubeless setup should be immune to pinch flats, > goat heads, wire bits, staples, glass shards etc. worse things can happen. > So for now I'm still carrying two tubes, levers, etc. and a frame pump. But > I wonder, do most folks just trust in the sealant and leave the repair kit > at home? Is one tube plenty? Do folks carry tire plugs on rides? If folks > carry plugs do they carry extra sealant in case too much escapes through a > big whole prior to installing a plug? > Also how about periodic sealant checking? How often is prudent? Does one > pull the valve core and use a wire as a dip stick to do this? How deep > should the sealant be? Should one do a first check fairly soon after > initial setup and then go to less frequent checks, or just always check > every ?? months? > TIA > ted > -- 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/fd46b4b2-a564-43e5-a63a-5e47d54fba7f%40googlegroups.com.