Domus
Guru
- Location
- Sunny Radcliffe
Moved to tubeless on my winter / tourer last summer after two tiny punctures on tour in France. I figured the two I had would have been no problem for sealant as they were microscopic wire fragments. After a 50 Km ride in Rossendale last week I found the rear tyre down at 20 psi. Re inflated and heard a leak right in the crown of the tyre which the sealant could not seal, tried a plug, still leaking. Removed the tyre to patch on the inside, what a blooming mess. Loads of vulcanising cement applied and left for a coffee break, patch applied and clamped for an hour or so. Tyre re fitted but could not for the life of me get it to seat even using my compressed air line. So after much faffing and swearing fitted a tube and rode 80+ Kms on Sunday. Monday morning went to clean the bike and the rear tyre was completely flat. After checking the tyre several times I could not find any foreign object, checked the rim, the rim tape had a very tiny nick on the edge and was sticking out with a sharp edge. The tubeless tape was binned the rim cleaned again and Shimano blue tape fitted and a new tube inserted. This morning I did the front. The faff and mess was bad enough in a dry garage I shudder trying something similar out on the road in the cold and wet.