Chrristine, I made the jump with my 650B bike, built around 42mm RH BabyShoe Pass standard casing tires on Pacenti Brevet rims. My mechanic said that this size is where the clear decision for tubeless is, based on ride quality, flatproofness and weight. She said there isn't much of a question although some circumstances are described where particular riders may continue to run tubed tires at this size. Mostly because they did before tubeless and are obstinate. Even without threats like goatheads or wider, lower pressure tires like Patrick's, my tubeless setup is lighter and better performing than the 700C x 32mm RH Stampede Pass EL tires with tubes that I had been riding on my Rivendell Rambouillet.
I have had no punctures over the past year on my tubeless tires and that has included many miles on unpaved paths, trails and winter degraded streets with their usual glass and wire strand debris. I was happy to find that in use the 650B x 42mm tires plus sealant were not heavy or sluggish at all, not even for an argument's sake. They contributed to an energetic feeling the of the whole bike. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:09:19 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: > Having done it once, it won't be hard in the future. But were it not for > goatheads, I'd strictly use tubes on road; sealant for road tires seems to > me to be more complicated than the problem, apart from goatheads. I might > continue to use tubeless off road simply because tubes for 60 or 70 or 80 > mm tires are so heavy. > > Let us know your solution. And congratulations on the Clem. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- 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/34d838bf-14c2-4f4d-9491-078f0855ad90n%40googlegroups.com.
