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For those riding, mountain bikes in particular, with tubeless tyres, what equipment do you take with you out on the trails in case of a puncture? So far I've been taking an inner tube (the 650b+ ones are rather large and heavy!), tyre levers and pump but I guess I should take something I could use as a boot if I rip a tyre wall. I saw the post the other day recommending the new fivers, but is there anything else cheaper that I could take that would work? I'd invariably spend the fiver on cake and coffee.

I've been doing a number of over-night rides on that bike, and might do longer bikepacks in the future, so I want enough to not leave my bike unrideable along way from home, but at the same time the less I can get away with carrying the better!

Has anyone managed to destroy a tubeless tyre? I'm still at the stage of whincing when I see them squish and deform as I crash through limestone rubble on the techyest of trails I've ridden, but so far so good - quite impressive how tough they seem!

In reply to TobyA:
Yes, torn sidewall, sealant everywhere, I always just carry a spare tube, need a pump anyway if you puncture and it seals as some air goes, I just carry one of these, or a variation of, costs less than a fiver and you can't spend it by accident

https://www.evanscycles.com/park-tb1c-emergency-tyre-boot-00103336

In reply to TobyA:

The issue with trying a tubeless repair is reinflating the tyre without an air shot type device or even a track pump.

In reply to gethin_allen:

Ermm not for MTB tubeless it isn't. Standard pump will do the job.

In reply to gethin_allen:

Use an inner tube, get home, re-set-up tubeless.

It's not the end of the world.

And you'd still be riding with that spare tube if you had tubes in.

In reply to Lion Bakes:


I guess it depends on the tyre and rim combo but, a lot require at least a track pump to get the bead seated on the rim.

In reply to gethin_allen:
I've had this problem too of trying to use a compact pump to reset a b+ tyre. I was thinking of trying one of the larger co2 cartridges, have others tried this or have any alternative ideas ?

In reply to gethin_allen:


Definitely agree. I can't even get one of my setups to seat with a track pump. Trying has been a better workout than some of my rides!

In reply to TobyA:

I carry a spare tube and a small hand pump. CO2 is no good if you have a tubeless tyre that has lost too much pressure before resealing - my experience is that the CO2 just blows the hole open again, after which you don't have anything to inflate the spare tube. A gel packet makes a good boot. One of these got a friend 5 miles to the nearest bike shop after he lost an acorn-sized part of the wearing surface of a road tyre. The tyre wasn't exactly round any more, but it did 5 miles with no sign of wear.

In reply to gethin_allen:


I have UST which has never needed a track pump to seat, but I guess these lighter tubeless setups aren't as easy to use.

In reply to TobyA:

Re. the cheap tyre boot question - cut out a 2inch by 6inch section of plastic milk bottle.
But take a fiver as well for emergency cake needs

In reply to TobyA:

Energy gel wrappers also work in a tight fix.

In reply to TobyA:

Always carry a spare inner tube, but in 6 or so years I've only had to use it twice - once when I ripped a knobbly tyre on a sharp drainage ditch and the a couple of months ago when I had a hole in the sidewall of a really old tyre