ROAD TUBELESS FRUSTRATIONS

Coming from a mountain bike background I'm very familiar with tubeless setups. They let you run a lower psi without having to worry about getting pinch flats. Therefore you can have a lower psi and your tires stick to the dirt better, and there is no tube to get a pinch flat, it's a win win. A while back I was able to get some Shimano Dura Ace road tubeless wheels for my road bike for cheap. When riding on the road you don't want a lower psi you want a much higher psi. So why would you want tubeless on a road bike? I'm not really sure! Since I was planning on using them for commuting and the last thing you want on your commute is a flat tire, why not go for tubeless? Lessens your chances of a flat. I've been riding my tubeless wheels and Hutchinson Fusion Tubeless tires for the past 3 months. They have been great! I have loved them... until the other day. I woke up to a flat front tire. That's odd. I have to start up the compressor and fill the tire back up. Done. 15 minutes later...flat again. This time I take the whole tire off the rim. Spend a hour cleaning the rim and tire of the hardened goo that you put in the tire to help seal it. The goo had hardened all around the rim where the tire bead snaps into place. I think this is what was stopping my tire from getting a good seal and holding air. Now the manufacture says to not use tire levers when putting the tire on the rim. It was absolutely impossible to put the tire on without a tire lever. Impossible! I've never had a harder time putting a tire on the rim! I finally get the tire back on (using 2 tire levers), and with relief go to bed. Next morning flat. Long story short, I am so frustrated with these wheels! They are not easy to work with, and they won't hold the air. It seems like the only way for them to hold air is to pour a bunch of goo into the tire. Then when either the goo fails or you need to change the tire you will have to spend some time getting that goo out of the small corners of the rim. This is much more time consuming than normal tubes. Also I am now worried while riding the bead is going to come loose and all the air will come right out. I think I may give up and go back to tubes.

This YouTube video shows how easy it should be.