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Thanks for sharing this. While I don't currently use road tubeless, I'm starting to pay more attention to the technology. I was on a training ride this weekend with five friends. The roads were wet and grimy with winter road debris and dirt, raising the probability for flats. Sure enough we had two flats. One was with a conventional clincher tire. It was easily fixed and we were on our way in minutes. The second flat was with a road tubeless tire. The sealant wasn't sufficient to stop the leak. The rider didn't have any tubeless plugs, so we resorted to removing the valve stem and using a spare tube. By the time we waited to see if the sealant would work, determined we didn't have any plugs, removed the tire and tubeless valve stem, installed the tire/tube and re-inflated, we lost 30 minutes. My takeaway: road tubeless just isn't for me (yet).
Greg
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