I have a set of 26″ Ztr flows, I mostly ride in the North downs or at the moment mostly as a road commuter apart from 600m of clay based mud.

I need a new front tire and I want to try tubeless so I want something that will make it as painless as possible.
I have a collection of valves, rim strips, yellow tape and sealant.
What is your recommendation for something that fits and grips?

Mud X-good all-rounder & rolls pretty well-easy to inflate tubeless but you may need a compressor.

Oh should have said no compressor but some co2 cartridges if the track pump fails.

Spesh storm control or purgatory. Go up with a track pump on Stans easily

My Chunky Monkey is excellent tubeless, went straight up and it has side wall protection built in.

Those 2 surfaces, mud and winter clay, are polar opposites. Th Mud X is a great mud tyre, but will be very draggy on the road.

Try an On-One smorgasbord – very cheap, good all rounder and works well tubeless.

Try an On-One smorgasbord – very cheap, good all rounder and works well tubeless.

This.

Or I’ve always found Continental Barons to up like a dream, and they’re ideal for riding in the british winter months.

I have Maxxis Ardent 2.4 on the front on ZTR Flows and 2.2 on rear.

Oops my earlier post should have read “road” and winter clay.

on one smorgasbord? wouldnt use one of them personally speaking from experience

Ran mine tubeless in the Alps with no issues, and now running it as a winter rear.

Is that photo with TLR rims, or ghetto?

they are stans flows with correct rim strip and sealant, which ended up on my back…

the chunky monkey has remained on the front though, which is good 😀

Interesting. Sounds like an unseated bead. I don’t think it’s a regular issue, as loads of people on here run them tubeless, and I haven’t heard it before.

Smorgasbord blew off my 26″ flow rim on its first outing. That said, very happy with the tyre now that a tube is fitted.

the tyre itself was slacker than a wizards sleeve on the rim, took no putting on or removing. seated it with a tube then put plenty psi in to make sure rim was seated. It had around 30 psi in it when it blew off and made a canny bang!

😯 ouch!! Maybe it doesn’t like flows! Mine has been on an 819 and a crossride

well I went for a specialized purgatory as I could pick it up on the way home.
Turned out to be a piece of p*** to fit and inflate once I took the inner out of the valve, now just leaving to see if it stays up all night.
Thanks for all the recommendations, I was thinking of giving the smorgasbord for the rear but not now 🙂 .

To be fair, tubeless can pop for a number of reasons. My ardent went on the rear at Gawton. I’d battered it all morning and it was fine, then an innocuous roller after lunch popped it with a massive BANG. The rear was used and the front brand new when fitted. The front, also an ardent is still going strong.

Perhaps consider a Ground Control for the rear?