Tubeless recommendations

[Nev]

Fit Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyres and forget about punctures.

I agree, I have a mate who's a dead keen cyclist, does around 12000 miles a year on all kinds of surfaces both on and off road. He told me he uses Marathon Plus tyres and never has a puncture. I have followed his advice and so far haven't had any punctures either.

 

[Benjahmin]

The ones with the thickest puncture protection - hence ther plus. If you go to the schwalbe website you can see the difference. The difference between ordinary plus and the tours is tread patter/depth.
I've run one Marathon plus to bald, even had some of the blue layer showing, still no puncture.

 

[Fishy]

The ones with the thickest puncture protection - hence ther plus. If you go to the schwalbe website you can see the difference. The difference between ordinary plus and the tours is tread patter/depth.
I've run one Marathon plus to bald, even had some of the blue layer showing, still no puncture.

What are they like for grip on road? Being a harder compound, are they 'slippy', in the wet or dry, or ok?

 

[vfr400]

What are they like for grip on road? Being a harder compound, are they 'slippy', in the wet or dry, or ok?

It depends how you ride. They're fine as long as you slow down for tight corners. Over the years, I've slipped a couple of times, but never fallen off. Every tyre has its limit of grip. You find out where it is and ride within it. I always ride to the maximum.

 

[Nealh]

Carrying a Gaadi tube as a spare is only of use if you use one in the tyre as well.

 

[vfr400]

Carrying a Gaadi tube as a spare is only of use if you use one in the tyre as well.

It's not necessary if you have Marathon Plus tyres. personally, I'd rather carry a puncture repair kit than a Gaadi tube - a lot cheaper too. I've never found a puncture that i couldn't fix with a repair outfit, and when out out on my road bike, I've had as many as six punctures in one go.

 

[nigelbb]

Carrying a Gaadi tube as a spare is only of use if you use one in the tyre as well.

or carry a pair of scissors in the pannier bags.

 

[MarcusT]

Thanks for lots of interesting comments. As mentioned these are hybrid bikes & mostly used on the road with occasional off-road on e.g. footpath in a country park nothing extreme. The tyre size on both bikes is 700x38c.

It sounds like tubeless might be more faff & expense than is warranted & that fitting Schwalbe Marathon Plus is going to be the simplest & easiest solution with a Gaadi tube in the pannier bag in case we ever do get a puncture.

It's easy enough to find Schwalbe Marathon Plus 700x38c tyres as our local Halfords has them in stock but since I posted we have bought a used Woosh Santana Petite which has 24 x 1.75 tyres & it seems very difficult to find Schwalbe Marathon Plus in this size. I am also slightly confused by the multiple varieties of Schwalbe Marathon Plus. There is a Trail an e-Plus etc etc Which model will be best?

It's not so much as which is the best, but which is the best for you.
Go directly to the website and check them out.

City/Tour

www.schwalbe.com

 

[sjpt]

One quick comment on the Gaadi. They are very fat for their nominal size; you might want to get one size smaller than you would expect.

 

[nigelbb]

It's not necessary if you have Marathon Plus tyres. personally, I'd rather carry a puncture repair kit than a Gaadi tube - a lot cheaper too. I've never found a puncture that i couldn't fix with a repair outfit, and when out out on my road bike, I've had as many as six punctures in one go.

You would not have been able to repair the punctures that my partner got in her front wheel. Multiple punctures over 9” of tube.

 

[Nealh]

or carry a pair of scissors in the pannier bags.

Yes that is an option, cut the old tube to remove.

 

[D C]

I wonder if it's possible to squeeze a Gaadi in alongside the existing deflated tube (with it's valve shielded) as a get you home job?
Dave.