Exactly. In the old days with tubed tires, the minimum tire pressure needed to avoid pinch flats on rugged terrain was too high to get good traction. So choose your poison. Tubeless tires have made a HUGE improvement, now we get the best of both worlds. With road bikes, not so much because that problem never existed. Sure, in days of yore road bikers were running pressures high enough to be counterproductive. But road bikers can simply lower the pressures. The ideal pressures, while lower, are still high enough to avoid flats (whether pinch or other types).
I’m all out of goats right now. Serious reconsideration underway since both hubs likely need overhauling.
Just had a similar problem last week, except rim tape was hiding the culprit.
I feel your pain. I've had sneaky metal slivers hiding in my tires that would reveal themselves at random times. Numerous flats over several weeks. It's sooooo frustrating! Fingers crossed as I haven't had a flat in a while.
Not with a gauge, I can feel if it needs pumping up or not. I don't think the aforementioned pinch flat was caused by underinflation, more hitting a sharp object on the road.
Noticeably better than butyl?
With the right tires, yes. If you are running gatorskins, don't waste the $. GP5000 on the other hand, yes you can tell.
TPU tubes are the lightest: lighter than butyl or latex. And they have lower rolling resistance than butyl, but not as low as latex. They are very durable.
A couple of years ago my new road bike came with tubeless even though I specifically asked for tubed tires. They probably thought they were giving me a free upgrade. <sigh> First thing I did upon receiving it was convert it back to tubed tires. I don't want tubeless on my road bike because compared to latex inner tubes it's not faster, it's not lighter, it doesn't prevent flats, and it is messier and higher maintenance. You have to replace the fluid every 6 months or so, and I only get flats once every year or so. So tubeless would be messier and higher maintenance: removing tires, cleaning out grotty old fluid, replacing and remounting tires and replacing the fluid more often than I get flats today.... The real reason is that I'm getting a new road bike, and it will come with tubeless
With carbon rims, the hookless design is stronger and more durable. One of my MTB carbon rims was a Reynolds from 2014 that failed / delaminated right along the hook bead. No coincidence.
Interesting. What is going on in the frame there?
The colors you mean? Strange sunlight reaction.
Triathlon bike. Lots of aero stuff. Interestingly not UCI legal for a time trial, but none of the UCI restriction exist for Tri bikes, so they have a lot more aero bits.
No, the boxy thing behind the seat post.
That's a seat stem bento box. It's aerodynamic and can store something small, like a spare tube.
Lol. I have one there too. I'm a GU guy while riding. I've yet to see a Katsu flavor
