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Originally Posted by greglepore
My hesitation is the mess of putting a tube in a tire that's loaded with sealant. Yuck. Not often, I know but still yuck.
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I keep a folded up blue paper shop towel stuffed in my bag. I take one side of the tire off the rim, pour out the sealant, run the towel through the tire, check for whatever caused the flat, remove the stem, install tube and go. Not much slower than normal tube installation. Your hands are a little dirtier but tires by nature are pretty dirty.
I recently started running Schwalbe Pro-one 28mm tires. They actually measure 31mm and are a tight fit on my Madone. I'm running 75 psi for my 180 lbs, the ride is a little better, handling is just as good, and they seem as fast or faster than smaller tires. There's some aero drag but my top speed is going down as my age goes up.