Now, let me caveat this thread by drawing attention to my username. I’m a big ‘ol lump.
Tonight’s ride was curtailed early due to a rear tyre distorting and becoming permanently warped, bulged, wobbly. It’s not the first time either, more like the 4th in around 3 years.
I noticed the tyre pressure was quite low as soon as I started riding. Not low enough to make me stop and add air, but low enough I could feel a little squirmyness on corners. Of course, the first berm I hit at speed produced a wall of hiss and white spray. It also distorted the tyre so much that I had the ride slowly back while the tyre rubbed on the frame.
It’s a Maxxis shorty, but has happened to a Maxxis HR, and a Spech butcher too.
Never happened on ‘non-tubeless’ tyre/rim setups.
Must I just ride slower, or with higher pressures?