I'm running tubeless on the front and the back.
Air pressure in these wet rocky creek sections?
I ended up letting a bit of pressure out.
I think I ended up at about two or three psi in the back out on the trail.
So if the course changes like going from hard sharp rocks in a creekbed to
wet rounded river rocks or mud I do have the option to let a bit of pressure out if I need to.
Mousse?
You can't do that.
And obviously with a standard heavy duty tube you need to err
on the side of caution and keep a slightly higher pressure in there.
New tyres are always a really good help.
But not really the end all and be all.
Not the key to getting through one of these races
yeah i did this event on a i'm what you pretty much call a shagged rear tire
i know barry yours was pretty shaky
i you owned it as a sweep but it still did the same course
but yeah i found with the tubeless system and about four psi
there was just traction everywhere and that's on that's on a shag tire
this is a really interesting point too with the tubeless because
i i did a video a few years ago people are always saying what's best tubes mooses or tubeless
and of course i just say it depends oh god it depends on 20 different factors
i can't answer that for you
but but what i've always thought is that as you get more and more seriously into racing
mooses at some point must become the best choice at the moment i'm assuming tubeless still works
well for you but for example if you really pushed hard and you actually started to say
i want to actually place really high in silver is that a point you might go to mooses or would
you just stick with tubeless i don't think so the people i do know that run mooses they are
very good riders and they're quite aggressive and i think a lot of the the thought behind running
the mooses is it's almost a fail-proof proof system so they know that again uh the chances
of them having a dnf uh from a mechanical failure whether that be a tube puncher or a moose failing
or a tubeless failing pretty unlikely for a moose to fail they know that at the start of the day
they've got what they've got it's going to last in the day yet they're not going to get a puncture
so it's one less thing for them to worry about i don't see myself getting to the point
um of being that fast or good of a rider or that sort of dead set on finishing well in a
positioning well in a race i'd rather have the safety and adjustability of the tubeless system
yeah i've been running it ever since i got the the old gasket so 2018 i think that was 2019
um and i'm yet to have a puncher i don't know how many tire changes i've done too many that
weren't thinking about but i haven't i've never had any issues with the tubeless system you just
got to follow the instructions to the tee and it's once you've done it once it is quite an easy
process probably almost as easy as doing a tube tie i would say it's funny you know like uh some
people go through their tyres without getting punctures and i had a golden thai fatty front
and it ended up with three plugs in it so uh yeah maybe i was just hitting the wrong terrain or
tyre pressures were too low but um yeah i mean if you carry the right tools if you carry the little
plugs and the and the glue and everything it's only a it's only a five minute stop to fix it
as long as you haven't done something serious like uh tear the inner in a high pressure
bladder or anything that's true so as long as the inner bladder doesn't fail or the liner doesn't
fail even if you put a massive hole through the sidewall of your tire the tubeless system is going
to retain the the beads of the tyre to the rim so you still can ride yourself out of the bush if you
need to and not worry about the tyre going awol starting to think this podcast has been brought to
you by a tubeless corporation uh it sounds like a one-hour advert for them but not sponsored by not
sponsored by tubeless i should just step in and say tubeless sucks we hate it we're definitely
not sponsored but hey look actually if anybody is actually listening to this i i've done a video
that talks about the pros and cons of tubeless it's not perfect it's bloody good depending on
what sort of writing you're doing but yeah it it's definitely not the perfect setup see that video