Something I’ve never seen before from Keegan and Tobin at Unbound on Saturday - Each of their wheels had 2 valves. Supposedly, one valve was the normal tubeless valve and the other was the valve stem for an uninflated tube ready for action in case of emergency. Pretty interesting concept in my opi…

Uhhh…the “fastest” gravel tire is literally the Race King Protection.

Oh, and also - What percentage of un-pluggable cuts are OK to run with a tube without also needing a boot to reinforce the structural damage to the tire? (This is sort of a secondary concern IMO since, in a 1-day race scenario, I can imagine some cuts that bulge a bit but seem worth the risk to ri…

[image] Torgo: Uhhh…the “fastest” gravel tire is literally the Race King Protection. Not if it doesn’t fit you bike though.

The fastest gravel tire is the one on the race winners bike.

Then how will they sell us MORE tires, if we buy ones that actually last? Think about it…

What if the last finisher has the same tires as the winner? do we have a Schrödinger’s tire situation going on?

Last finisher had cheap knock offs

GCN Tech did a segment on this on their recent GCN Tech Show. It was an interesting discussion, echoing several items brought up here. Link starts at the relevant point in the show. [Why Don’t Wet Weather Tyres Exist? | GCN Tech Show Ep. 389]

Playing on the uncertainty? Nice… Having a tube in a tubeless system already, one question I have is how can they keep the goo from centering on one, or several areas inside the wheel, since the rest of the goo would tend to migrate to the areas of concentrated goo because it would be out of balanc…

Double valves with pre-installed tube for tubeless - Unbound on Keegan's bike

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gloscherrybomb June 5, 2025, 6:27pm 54

Definitely doesn’t belong in the Is a MTB tire the fastest and best tire for Gravel racing? thread

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Double valves with pre-installed tube for tubeless - Unbound on Keegan's bike

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