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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
Not even close. The top cause of flats around here is pinch flats. Go somewhere with cactus or thorns and sealant saves the day. Yes I know you can use sealant in tubes, but no one does.
Tubeless setups are heavier in many cases because of the thicker sidewall on a lot of the UST tires and the weight of the sealant.
This is also completely wrong. I wish I could find that Schwalbe study as it points it out very clearly, but you are interpreting the other article wrong. When you hit a bump with high pressure, your whole wheel has to move up to go over the bump. Even with suspension, that is a bunch of energy being soaked up by your damper, as well as lifting the weight of your wheel and lower fork (if front) or wheel, derailleur and swing-arm (if rear).
With lower pressure, the tire just deforms, and there is barely any lifting force transferred.
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1.Pinch flats are most likely to happen because you are running an inadequate psi.
2. If your suspension is properly setup yhen it should never have a negitive effect other wise what the #### is the point of buying a fully?? Just lower your psi and you have a air bage system. Lowering psi is good for traction that is all.