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jim-ratliff

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Re: Jim (a non-racer) and tubeless MTB tires
« Reply #75 on: June 22, 2012, 02:29:51 pm »
Jim,

I'm just curious -- have you ever actually had a flat on your mtn. bike? That is, in your antediluvian pre-tubeless days?  ;)  The reason I'm asking, is that you seem very concerned with flats and not having to fix them, hence one of the two main reasons for going tubeless.  I have been mtn. biking since 1989, very actively for the first 10 years, now back at it again after a hiatus. 

What I'm trying to say, is that your fear of pinch flats might be a bit overblown.  In other words, don't worry so much, and just go riding. 


The likelihood may be overblown, but as you said today, the physical PITA factor is still fresh in my memory. I've had a couple of road bike walks as well, once for a flat and another a broken derailleur but those didn't stick with me the way the flat out in the sticks did. In fact, for the derailleur I called a taxi for a ride home.
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