[Purrybonker]

Tubeless ready tires don't frustrate the tire mounting/dismounting process in my experience it's tubeless ready rims that can make it more difficult.

I was out for a long ride and wrapped up the day with a total of five flats.

That's three patches, one new tube from my repair kit and another new tube from a passing rider who came to my assistance. After flat number 4 I was out of repair solutions and in for a 3 mile walk pushing the bike.

My rims are tubeless ready and it's almost impossible to dismount the tire with bare hands which was my usual practice with non-tubeless rims.

Remounting the tire is still doable with bare hands but would be a challenge with arthritis for sure.

If your rims are tubeless ready you and I both should just bite the bullet and give in to the tubeless movement.

Flats are much less frequent with tubeless kit! So I've been told many times anyway.