The circa 2018 Nachos Pass I had were underwhelmingly sized on CR-18 rims, don’t recall them stretching much at all.
I love PVD. He’s my kinda nerd.
Color me surprised 
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I’m rebuilding my rear Rawland Stag wheel and peeled this dried orange seal sealant off a single Compass Babyshoe Pass. Interesting to compare with my previous weighing of the dried sealant from a WTB Horizon which was 38 grams.
Note that sealant had completely dried and there wasn’t any damp residue left.
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A new record!
Include the weight of the valve stem, and you’re at the same weight as a lightweight 26" tube. Of course, there are other advantages to tubeless, but it bums me out that weight isn’t always one of them.
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The interesting part is that I have zero memories of getting a flat on this wheelset since 2017.
Meanwhile I think I’ve broken 5 spokes on the rear because I used the Sheldon method for lacing to match up with the marred lines on the hub flanges from first build ( LBS)
Man I’ve been running a pair of switchback hills for years that my friend gave me after he cut it up on like 2 rides and couldn’t get it to seal (one of the cuts was a big sidewall thing). I bet I can beat this record with one of those, but I’m not done with them. I will be using them to absolute destruction.
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Is orange seal that easy to peel out of a tire? My tires with Stans or Truckerco always have these glued in alien nests that are impossible to remove.
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so is it just widely accepted in the industry that TLR tires are ~100g heavier in practice due to rim tape and sealant?
if you’re not weighing out your sealant are you even living?
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Pretty easy, reminds me of peeling dried glue off your hand in grade school. Never tried stans but I’ve only once seen an Oranganimal
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Are byways better than horizons?
I like these horizons cuz they’re huge and I ride my bike wherever the fuck I want and carve deep wild turns and hop curbs and it’s just so fun
But I was riding on a very muddy road by a river that floods and I learned the hard way that horizons have literally no traction in mud, less than any other tire I have ever used
But they are great when it isn’t muddy
Mmm dried tofu skins
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Byways are the same listed weight as Horizons
they’ve both changed over the last few years, but when I fondled them the center tread of the Byways was much thinner than my first-batch Horizons
so besides the corner knobs they are likely faster too
where the Horizons rode kinda like a Hetre with the thick tread
I’ve not ridden Horizons but I liked my Byways more than the smoov Terravail Ramparts that replaced them. Byways felt as good if not better on road (when inflated enough) and definitely better in dirt.
Edit: Steering did get weird with Byways on the pavement when under inflated, but that also exists to a point with Ramparts too
i’m running circa 2017 horizons that have been aged in a dark place for three years and they’re great, havent measured but i’m running 27psi tubless and they’re so nice, seated easy as well.
Are you drinking this koolaid or not?
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I have Byways on my HG, they aren’t going to do much better in soft stuff/mud than Horizons
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