I also use airliners, so dynaplug and pump/ co2 and mini tool for me. I haven’t had to change tyres yet, but they’re great for racing as now it’s really just the dynaplug/ pump I have to carry as definitely always within roll home distance for my races (and race is over if you puncture anyway). Similarly, club spins I’d normally get away with rolling home. Notwithstanding the safety aspect of an insert too.
I’ve used the Stan’s dart successfully on my road bike, no issues at all. I do think there is a problem with some holes, but not sure any other plug would help either. I’ve had issues when the hole was near the rim, and also with one where it was a sort of tangential slice through the tyre, instead of a more vertical hole. The answer for those is probably to use a thicker sealant.
Same. I am sure I couldn’t remove the tire on the road so an extra tube wouldn’t help.
Joe
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They need to come up with a foldable or smaller version of the plier tool!
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Dynaplug Racer Pro, 1 x tube, multi tool, 2 x CO2 (incase tire comes off rim), Topeak Race Rocket HP Pump (great for topping up when sealant has done its job/resolving leaking seals), levers
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I dig that little pouch
Bit confused about the pump question though. Do you not carry a pump for tubed tyres?
My setup has gotten increasingly minimal since being tubeless I so rarely need to use any of it.
Currently just a dynaplug, single c02 & inflator and a TPU tube as a last resort. I prefer to have c02 on hand for tubeless since it can help reseat the bead if necessary.
Since I run 25mm tyres on my road bike at 70psi, I switched from a carrying a mini-pump to trying CO2. Reason is the pump only goes up to 50psi after pumping about 400 times and I’m sure I’d be asleep on the roadside by the time I had the tyre most of the way restored plus if you needed more ‘umph’ to seat the bead the mini-pump wouldn’t work.
Also carry a spare tube w/80mm valve to fit either wheel (44/54), two plastic tyre levers, digital pressure gauge, multi-tool, Dynaplug bacon strips and spare CO2 cartridges.
Depends on where you’re riding. If you’re within uber/sag/buddy distance, a plug kit and a co2 cartridge will solve 99% of your problems. If you’re traveling further afield, add a spare tube and a couple of tire levers (maybe a small plier if you really crank down your valve nut).
I do have a riding buddy who takes the Scarlett O’Hara approach and relies on the kindness of strangers, but they’re a lot prettier than I am.
I’m going to add a weird one that I wouldn’t have thought about until last weekend. A shop rag and a tube patching kit. I’ve never heard of this but on Saturday I broke a spoke. The loose spoke popped through the rim tape. This meant I couldn’t seal the tire up. If I’d had a tube patch kit, I could have re-sealed the tape. A rag to clean up sealant would have helped too.
That was Blanche Dubois. Let’s keep our fictitious southern belles straight!
LOL!! I stand corrected! Please accept my apologies and join me for a julep on the veranda.
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Make sure to top off your sealant periodically.
One of the most facepalmish ways to flat, which I’ve shamefully done more than once, is ride with dried sealant.
Tubeless is awesome when done right and the worst thing in the world when done wrong.
Sometimes I wonder if tubulars with a minimal inners (like tubolito or latex) with a bit of sealant (adding sealant to inner tubes works btw)wouldn’t be much easier and hassle free.
How’s that going to work? Tubulars are self contained tyres, no separate inner tube, and are glued to the rim.
I meant tubes, long day at work…but adding sealant to tubulars would work actually
I run inner tubes with Stan’s added to the tube on my commuter. (The rims that came with that bike are not tubeless compatible.) This works great for flat prevention; I’ve pulled a staple out of the tread with no loss of air.
To my surprise it also almost completely eliminates gradual pressure loss. Where I would normally expect to need to check/add air at least weekly for a normal tubed or normal tubeless setup, tube+stan’s has minimal air loss for months.
For those ones I put a 5$ bill in (we have plastic money) as a boot. And if it still won’t seal with that and sealant, I keep the boot but add a tube in till I get home.
Tubeless sealant doesn’t seem to work on tubes. Too thin.