• teft@startrek.website
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      1 year ago

      Modern bikers use tubeless systems which don’t generally have flats. They are filled with a compound that plugs up holes as soon as they happen. You only get flats for large holes or sidewall punctures.

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        Do those actually work? I don’t have tubeless tires, but I haven’t had much luck with the liquid that you put in the tubes. In my experience, I still get flats, and the goo just makes a big mess inside the tire.

        Maybe my holes are large? I regularly get flats from goat heads, and one summer I got a dozen or so flats on my work commute before finally buying Schwalbe Marathons, which seems to have solved the problem (have had like 1 flat per year since).

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      1 year ago

      I already don’t worry about that anymore using the anti-flat tyres I have on my bike. I can just ride through a pile of broken glass without a worry.

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      1 year ago

      Tubeless tires solves that issue aswell. You can drive over nails and the sealant inside the tire automatically plugs the hole.