>>1307008Just got back from a camping trip on a tubeless set up, can confirm I would be better off with tubes.
Last summer I specifically bought a WTB tire matched with a WTB rim, for a best seated bead and strongest seal. I'm out in the boonies of the Utah desert, get a puncture, stans is just leaking out of the pinhole and is not sealing at all. I try to get the tire off the rim to pop in a spare tube, but it feels like it is straight up super glued. I try, my two friends try, and some random dirt bike guy who came across us also tried. Left it in the sun in hopes that the heat would loosen the seal, poured hot (not boiling) water on it, couldn't even get the tire to move a centimeter to get a tire lever under it and rip it off. Finally give up, we were on a dirt road so my buddies rode 15 miles back to the car and then drove to pick me up. If I was by myself I would have had to walk the whole way back.
What is the point of buying a tire/rim combo for the strongest seal if you can't get the damn thing off without taking a knife to it? What is the point of even having sealant if it won't seal? It was brand new Stans that was shaken before being put in the tire. This wouldn't have happened if I had tubes, and I would have been absolutely fucked if I was by myself
