Riding a Gravel bike with tubes?

[biker72]

Originally Posted by thirdgenbird

My bike has tubes, rim brakes, and a front derailleur

NOOOO!! Not rim brakes.....
I've got one too....

[572cv]

Originally Posted by thirdgenbird

My bike has tubes, rim brakes, and a front derailleur

All those things?!? Mine too, jeez.....

[.RJ]

Originally Posted by thirdgenbird

~60mm of bottom bracket drop too...

are you a ghost

[weisan]

y'all scaring trener pal....can someone please kindly invite him out of his room to eat dinner?

[nalax]

Originally Posted by thirdgenbird

~60mm of bottom bracket drop too...

If your wheels are QR, you're really in trouble.

To the OP, take a little time to learn some tubeless maintenance and it will be helpful to you in the future. A water test may help to find where the leaks are. Could be valves, tape,the tire itself. Was the tire fully seated? The shop may not have taken the time to make sure that the sidewalls are coated. It's a good idea after putting sealant to shake the the tire in all directions and rest the wheel on its side on an open bucket or something similar to hold it horizontal. Flip over and repeat. If you're using Compass tires you might have to do this more than once. Lots of more tips elsewhere on PL, notubes, etc. Bring a punch of tubes, patch kits and sealant and have fun on your trip.

[thirdgenbird]

Originally Posted by nalax

If your wheels are QR, you're really in trouble.

Guilty.

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by thirdgenbird

My bike has tubes, rim brakes, and a front derailleur

The bike evangelists are coming for you right now...

[RoosterCogset]

Originally Posted by 572cv

All those things?!? Mine too, jeez.....

Yeah, but I bet y'all have electronic shifting, right?

[Lionel]

Went back to tubes on my gravel bike. I stay away from tubeless and sealant as much as I can.

[Tandem Rider]

My bike has all the hazards Thirdgenbird does including only 9 cogs in the back and a frame pump instead of CO2. I do keep it out of sight so the Bike Police can't find it and throw me in jail. Where I like to ride there is normally no cel service so I have to be able to fix it, I can't call for an extraction if something breaks and it might be a 20 mile walk to get service or even to a road the minivan can handle.

[Likes2ridefar]

Given a gravel bike can perform mostly if not entirely like a road bike I don’t see the harm in trying to either get the tubeless setup working, use tubes if still leaking, or bring road tires to switch to...

Could be your tires, the rim, the install...there isn’t much to it.

[benb]

Tubulars were the original gravel tire...

I must be imagining all my rides on my "gravel bike" with tubes the last 7 years.

[Davist]

I've had good luck with either, though if you're using very wide tires, 2.1s, I'd highly recommend tubeless as they just work better in terms of ride quality. For the typical 38s or whatever, no issues, but I prefer tubeless, even on "fast road" bike with 32s. I have Schwalbe thunder burts which took a while to get fully sealed, turned out I just needed more sealant in a 2.1 tire.

[Jaybee]

Who are these Bike Police and do they actual exist in the real world?

Ride what you like, don't worry about what anyone else is riding, remember to smile.