I have gone back and forth about tubeless tires on my DH bike and have tried a few different things some successful some not. This season I built up a new wheel set and used Mavic 823 rims. I wanted to run Intense tires but since they dont make a tubeless tire I tried using a regular tire with Stans tubeless goo inside. This sort of worked and the front time was flawless. However the rear tire never really completely sealed and I would need to pump it up every run or every other run. I decided to give up on this solution and I bought some Maxxis high roller tubeless tires. They felt outstanding, held air and where fairly easy to get to seal from the start (to be on the safe side I stuck with a small amount of the Stans goo in them as well. However my first day out in rocky stuff and the third run down the mountain and I punctured the tire which then deflated. The Stans didnt seem to seal the hole and I had a really hard time getting the tire to seal back to the rim. After trying to patch the hole and then pinch flatting a tube that I stuck in there I removed the tubeless tire and went back to an Intense tire with a tube. The tubeless front tire lasted the hole weekend without issue so my question is:
Am I just unlucky and with a proper tubeless tire should I normally have better luck and be able to ride an entire weekend without issue or are tubeless tires just weak and prone to puncture?
I love the grip and feel I get from the tubeless tires so I would really like to make them work. Two years ago I ran the Stans tubeless strip and goo in some regular rims and didnt have any problems for an entire season.
Am I just unlucky and with a proper tubeless tire should I normally have better luck and be able to ride an entire weekend without issue or are tubeless tires just weak and prone to puncture?
I love the grip and feel I get from the tubeless tires so I would really like to make them work. Two years ago I ran the Stans tubeless strip and goo in some regular rims and didnt have any problems for an entire season.