X1Glider
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- Joined
- Jul 7, 2004
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- Location
- Tomball, TX
- First Name
- Bob
- Last Name
- Krzeszkiewicz
Tubes:
1. more unsprung mass
2. more precession (harder to turn)
3. more heat = less stable tire pressure
4. more weight in the fact that 2 different size tubes weigh more than a patch kit and take up much more space
5. more time and effort to repair a flat
That's a lot of mores compared to tubeless.
I'll add in that spoked wheels are usually heavier than cast wheels so points 1 and 2 also apply in an extra amount plus it takes longer to clean the spokes and also keep the spokes properly tensioned and trued. But if you enjoy using up your valuable time, have at it.
If I'm really bombing off-road, I'll take spokes and a Tubliss system and a spare tube. A single UHD 21" front tube can work in a 18" rear (120 wide) or a 17" 130 wide temporarily. A 150 wide for a big adv bike is likely out of the question though.
With a big adv, who is bombing it off-road anyway? More likely brisk on graded or rough hard pack dirt and gravel. More likely crawling at a snails pace for anything with whoops and rocks and drop offs and other hard off-road stuff. All that can be done on cast wheels. Other than for the Suez class gas tank capacity, I think the only reason people go for the Adventure version of a GS is for the look of spokes, not because it's actually better. I find the extra suspension travel of the Adv makes the bike a feel like a hobby horse for 99% of the bike's use. 99% of the time, most people would be happy with a plain GS and cast wheel. Same for any open class adv bike including the smaller advs.
1. more unsprung mass
2. more precession (harder to turn)
3. more heat = less stable tire pressure
4. more weight in the fact that 2 different size tubes weigh more than a patch kit and take up much more space
5. more time and effort to repair a flat
That's a lot of mores compared to tubeless.
I'll add in that spoked wheels are usually heavier than cast wheels so points 1 and 2 also apply in an extra amount plus it takes longer to clean the spokes and also keep the spokes properly tensioned and trued. But if you enjoy using up your valuable time, have at it.
If I'm really bombing off-road, I'll take spokes and a Tubliss system and a spare tube. A single UHD 21" front tube can work in a 18" rear (120 wide) or a 17" 130 wide temporarily. A 150 wide for a big adv bike is likely out of the question though.
With a big adv, who is bombing it off-road anyway? More likely brisk on graded or rough hard pack dirt and gravel. More likely crawling at a snails pace for anything with whoops and rocks and drop offs and other hard off-road stuff. All that can be done on cast wheels. Other than for the Suez class gas tank capacity, I think the only reason people go for the Adventure version of a GS is for the look of spokes, not because it's actually better. I find the extra suspension travel of the Adv makes the bike a feel like a hobby horse for 99% of the bike's use. 99% of the time, most people would be happy with a plain GS and cast wheel. Same for any open class adv bike including the smaller advs.