Tubeless road tire 2023

still loving these S-Works Mondo tires - ‘float like a butterfly, sting like a bee’

Last night a group of 5 of us were cruising around 27mph, when the guy pulling made a sound like gun fire. Somebody yelled ‘flat’ and we all moved to the middle of the road. He was running Vittoria Rubino Pro with some crappy sealant, on Bontrager Aeolus RSL 37 wheels. Somehow hit a crack or small pothole just right, and sliced the sidewall. I handed him my tire boot and he was forced to put a tube in. Nothing like a sealant mess on the side of the road.

About 1/2 mile from where this happened in May:

that dude hit a pothole around 28mph and needed a plug to Pirelli Cinturato that I thought were indestructible.

Y’all that “don’t get flats” need to come out here and experience the joy of rolling 25+mph on truly crap :poop: country roads.