state your setup then, How often do you use a spare inner tube mid-ride?

rimpact, tubeless on all bikes, dynaplugs

i cant say i’ve used one in at least 4-5 years, the one i carry must be getting old and rotten

Tubeless, sometimes a Vittoria xc insert, dynaplug.

Been quite a while, but a tube is carried though just in case.

Assorted Stans tubeless, some on tubeless rims or ZTR, some on conversion strips. Some with tubeless tyres, some tubeless ready, some not tubeless at all.

Haven’t used an inner tube mid ride on a tubeless set up in 15+ years. It’s either fixed itself, or the tyre is a write off.

On the (few) tubed bikes, i haven’t had a puncture in a decade, at least.

I had to use one in June at Dyfi, on my sons bike, and I needed one a few months ago when I cased a jump and whacked my back wheel on a rock at Grenoside. We both are set up tubeless with no inserts. Haven’t needed to use on for a few years prior to those though.

After coming back from riding in Samoens last month I’ve noticed a good few spots on my tyres where sealent is doing its job though.

XC/gravel bike I haven’t needed the tube I carry for years.

All bikes set up tubeless. Mostly tubeless-ready tyres and rims with some non-tubeless-ready tyres (kids bikes and Mrs a11y’s hardtail). No inserts.

I rely on the sealant or a plug doing it’s job. Only time I’ve used a tube midride was a ripped sidewall about 3 years ago – also needed a tyre boot due to size of the tear. Tyre was a writeoff but at least I got the ride finished. I still carry a tube on all rides.

I burped my front tyre off in an innocuous little dip on the trail half way up Cadair. No way to get it to seat again with a pump so had to put a tube in. I think it might still be in there!

I carry a tube on local rides and took 2 up over The Gap the other day as I hate walking down big hills for stupid problems like punctures. I also carry a tenner and a bit of toothpaste tube to use as boots if a sidewall gets damaged.

Rimpact and Stans sealant with enduro casing tyres. Haven’t had an actual puncture in years. If I ever have to fit a tube trailside I think I’ll just quit riding and walk home.

I did have to borrow a couple of tyre plugs in France this year and that’s because I’d built the bike in a hurry and left the Rimpact out. I split the tyre in 2 places on a chunky fire road in the Lindarets area. Still riding it with the plugs in and it’s fine.

Tubeless for years on MTB. 26″ was gorilla tape on non-tubeless rims with tubeless tires. My 29er is tubeless rims. Stans sealant.

I carry a tubeless repair kit / plugs. That has been used on more than one occasion. I carry a spare tube but regularly think what is the point. If things got so bad I had to resort to a tube I suspect it wouldn’t stay up long. As I guess it would puncture on the numerous prickly bits / thorns etc in the tyre that the tubeless had repaired without me even knowing…

Rimpact, tubeless on all bikes, sticky string from Ebay.

Slashed sidewall at Ciclo Montana in 2018.

Don’t habitually carry one, because the tyre is usually riddled with unnoticed thorns that repuncture them anyway.

No inserts, tubeless with Stans and 90% Conti tyres. Not had a puncture in about a decade now. I don’t even carry a tube, when i go out i have a phone and a bank card… that’s it.

Gravel bike, Vittoria Terreno tyres, Vittoria inserts.

I’ve ‘pinched’ a tubeless tyre against the rim before and that never seals, I think it’s happened 4 times in the last 4-5 years, and has required a tube every time.

Hasn’t happened since I installed the inserts though, touch wood!

Tubeless on MTB & Gravel bike, no inserts, Stans. Have had to use a tube once in about the last 5 years when I dented the rim so badly it wouldn’t keep a seal.

If I stop carrying a tube I’ll be guaranteed to need it the next ride.

Tubeless on all bikes, no inserts, EXO tyres. Think I’ve had a couple of thorns that punctured in the past few years, and one proper flat where I could have thrown my spare tube in, but as I was close to home I just rang for a lift.

Take a tube on all ‘big’ rides, and just a stabby tool and some plugs when just riding for an hour or so.

Havent actually resorted to fitting a tube in at least 10 years.

On my full sus tubeless with Stans and Cushcore.

On my hardtail and gravel/commuter tubeless.

In the past year I’ve had to use an inner tube twice, both for rim tape problems.

Had to put a tube in the gravel bike recently. Tubeless, no insert. Hit a pointy stone which actually managed to dent the rim right in the middle (part on a spoke hole) and cut the rim tape.

I now have inserts.

MTB all running tubeless, with inserts since this spring. Not had a puncture that couldn’t be fixed with an anchovie in years.

On local rides where I’m no more than a 30 minute rescue drive away, I don’t bother taking a spare tube. In fact all I take is a multi-tool and a water bottle.

Bigger rides out where I’m further away from home I’ll take a tube, pump and assorted spares, as I need to be able to get myself off the hills. That being said pulling a tyre off and popping in a tube when it’s all lubricated with Stans is a last ditch option.

Haven’t needed a tube since going tubeless. Last time I had to change one when out was about 10 yeasr ago on the top of a hill, in the pissing rain and temperature of about 2 degrees celcius and it getting dark, barely managed it as my hands were so numb.

reading this i know i’ll just need  2x spare inner tube and a chainbreaker for my summit of helvelyn on Friday :0(

Been tubeless on mtb since 2017. I must be riding harder the last few years as holed one tyre and slashed the sidewall of another.

An anchovy fixed the holed tyre and finished the ride like that fine.

There was no coming back from the ripped sidewall – ended up throwing a tube in to get back to the car.

For short local rides I just have anchovies in a bag – don’t always take a tube historically. Although both bikes actually now have a spare tube strapped to the underneath of the top tube so I’m prepared.

Tubeless with Muc-Off sealant on MTB and Stans on gravel bike, although I suspect that’s all dried up now.

No inserts on either bike and I always carry a spare tube.

I’ve had to use the spare tube on the gravel bike a few times, and once had a long walk home on the MTB when I wasn’t carrying a spare. Dented rims were the cause in all incidents, so I should probably look into inserts.

I also keep meaning to buy some plugs, and a couple of the Muc-Off 80ml packs for longer rides.

Tubes on all my bikes and always carry a spare.

Had a pinch flat the other week for the first time in years.

Whilst I applaud all the tubeless guys that have zero issues, on group (2/3/4 riders) rides over the past couple of years there must have been half a dozen tubeless mishaps, either burping or needing plugs

As for other stuff, always have a pump or CO2, tyre levers, multitool. Sometimes a leatherman, sometimes a folding saw

I’m a luddite and still use tubes, although I have just switched to lightweight TPU tubes on one of my bikes.  I honestly don’t see the benefit of tubeless over the faff of all the dried sealant on the tyre that needs cleaning off, topping up sealant, etc.

I might do my own thread asking what are the actual benefits of tubeless, cos I don’t get it.

Tubeless no inserts, had 3 punctures in the last 6 or 7 years. Carry anchovies and a spare tube, when they’ve gone it’s been easier to just wang a tube in as I find once I’ve punctures the tyre pulls off the rim anyway.

Has any one used the cheap inserts off aliexpress or amazon?

I’m a luddite and still use tubes, although I have just switched to lightweight TPU tubes on one of my bikes. I honestly don’t see the benefit of tubeless over the faff of all the dried sealant on the tyre that needs cleaning off, topping up sealant, etc.

I might do my own thread asking what are the actual benefits of tubeless, cos I don’t get it.

Most punctures seal themselves, and you can run lower pressures for more grip/comfort.

Tubeless and use Dynaplugs. Always have a tube in the bottom of my pack and one in the SWAT box. Last time I used one was in Les Arcs this year when we dropped on a guy halfway down Black 8 who needed one. Managed to get the tyre inflated but he couldn’t get his pump head back off the valve. In the end we improvised and gave him some zip ties so he could lash the pump to his rear spokes to get him to the end of his ride

Tubeless, carry Dynaplugs, not carried a tube in years. I think there might be one in my commuter’s saddle bag, but I’d forget it was there if I did get a puncture and use the Dynaplug.

Tubes on everything. Only once in 30 odd years have I had an issue that couldn’t be fixed on the trail. That was due to a tubeless ready tyre and rim setup that I couldn’t get off. Destroyed the tyre in the process.

My son is an absolute thorn magnet, so I have slime filled ones on his bike. They don’t stop him getting flats but they do make finding the hole easier.

and you can run lower pressures for more grip/comfort.

I run 18psi on my ebike (with tubes). Not sure I’d want it much lower on that thing with assist, never mind trying to haul a normal bike round with flat tyres

I’m just about to start using tubes again as I identify with the Luddite’s above

Tannus armour inserts for tubes seems promising, anyone else using them?

It’ll be for the ebike so the additional weight is not a problem

I still use tubes  I carry 2 spare tubes, one for me and one for anybody else who needs one.

Most punctures are when the hedges have been cut.

MTB, Tubeless, no inserts, Stans sealant. Carry a spare tube and anchovies but never used one on the trail

Never had a puncture that wouldn’t seal in 15years.

Road, standard butyl tubes, 28mm Continental Ultrasport tyres.

2 rear snakebite punctures in a year from hitting potholes at speed

Once this year on my gravel bike. The puncture was massive and perhaps someone with more skill could have plugged it

I was cold and tired and had a long way to go so just shoved a tube in and rode the last 90km with a tube in the tyre

I run 18psi on my ebike (with tubes). Not sure I’d want it much lower on that thing with assist, never mind trying to haul a normal bike round with flat tyres

If that works for you then great, but I’d be constantly worried about snake bites.

Tubeless on all bikes (road/mountain/gravel) since 2017 due to a sense of humour failure on a thorny ride, had to resort to tubes twice since, both on gravel bikes, one a huge hole from a lump of glass and the other a dented rim. That’s it. I can add that there has been some swearing when fitting tyres over that time I still won’t go back to tubes.

Double Down rear with 27-28psi, no insert with Stans. Don’t tend to carry a tube unless it’s a big out in the wilds ride but always have a repair kit, pump and CO2.

Last two punctures that needed a tube, one a gashed side wall and the other burped the tyre along with a pinch. Both with Exo+ and Rimpact. Having to carry the sodding insert a decent way is why I’ve ditched it!

I had a spoke snap and it managed to puncture a hole in the tape. I had to wrap my ard insert around the bars and pop a tube in.

I might do my own thread asking what are the actual benefits of tubeless, cos I don’t get it.

I once cleaned my tyre with a brush and found 21 thorns in it. That should have been 21 stops to fix a tube. That justifies the hassle

MTB is tubeless, carrying a tyre plug kit, spare tube and C02 cannsiter just incase, no punctures in 3 years

Nice road bike is running tubes, tried tubeless for 2 years, got fed up of the mess it made of the bike, my kit and me when it didnt do its job and then i had to fit a tube to get me home creating more mess which when i got home i had to go through again to repair the tyre with a boot, my good road bike now runs TPU tubes and a tube type tyre, works out around 160 grams per wheel lighter than running the equivalent tubeless tyre, valve and sealant compared to the TPU tube and tube type tyre, no punctures so far, carry a spare TPU tube just in case

Work bike still running normal tubes, reason being is it runs Scwalbe Durano Plus tyres as my commute is very debris ridden (most puncture proof road bike tyre there is) and they dont like being run tubeless (i tried & kept ending up with the tread bubbling up!) no punctures in the last 2 years and the last one was becuse the tyre had worn down to the blue protection strip!

Gravel bike is running tubeless, at 50 psi any puncture should seal ok, TPU tube as a spare, tyre plug kit and Co2 cannister

Tubeless on everything, Stan’s sealant, no inserts. My MTB rims are Lightbicycle with sealed rum bed which sounds like a faff and a bit of a luxury.

However, the last time I needed a tube was 30 minutes into the first ride on my new gravel bike. I picked up a horse shoe nail that managed to go through the crown and sidewall of the tyre. After dynaplugging those, it still wouldn’t inflate. That was when I found out the nail had also pierced the rim tape. So a tube when it. I carry one on every ride, the trick is remembering to get the right pack with the right tube for the right bike.

I now want sealed rum beds on the gravel bike as well.

The tyres on my fat bike are much too difficult to get off the rim for an in field repair, so I gave up carrying a tube for it about 4years ago.

Ive always managed to fix leaks with a worm, except for the unfortunate time I found out that it’s impossible to remove the tyre, and called out Mrs R.

MTB and gravel

Tubeless on everything. Inserts on rear. Appropriate tyre casing for the type of ride.

I get the occasional puncture (usually being sliced by glass or something like that – maybe 2 or 3 times a year) plug almost always sorts it

Not had a puncture which required a tube in ages until last week. Snapped a spoke which fired up through the rim tape. Needed a tube.

Road

On butyl inner tubes still. I do get the occasional puncture.