Tubeless fail!

A long ride becomes a short ride when the tubeless system fails me.

[chrisrebbeck]

What sealant do you swear by? Have you had better luck than me with certain tyre plugs?

[tedgar]

Good video and matches my experience on my first tubeless ride last month (on a green Bokeh no less). Had a piece of oyster shell make a 7mm gash in my WTB Resolute and hadn't packed the Dynaplug Racer so it was a 4 mile walk home - I didn't fancy the mess of an inner tube in with all the sealant. The megaplug got the tyre working when I was back home and so would have been a good trailside fix, but I was never quite confident about long-term in such a big hole, and I had a problem with the rim tape anyway, so in the end I stripped it back, re-taped and sorted the gash with the Rema Tip-Top tubeless patch kit. As you say, a tyre patch needs a clean surface so it isn't really a trailside fix, but it's holding air beautifully now. The Rema kit's quite expensive for 3 patches, but you can get the patches more economically on Ebay (search for Rema Universal Tyre Patches - the ones in the kit are the UP 4.5) as well as the cement (SC-BL) both of which are stronger than the normal inner tube stuff. I'm off to buy a Tattico too now.

[simon]

Had a similar problem and gave up, went back to inner tubes and purchased the bulletproof Schwalbe smart Sam plus( similar construction to marathon plus)and no more punctures!

[peterbee]

Try stans race sealant . The downside is its cost and it drys out quicker than regular sealant. I have had nothing but praise for the Dart which I have used on both mtb and my pro one road tyres. You have made me want a silca pump.