Tubeless Giant Gavia AC1

[Maracus]

After crashing my Giant Defy Advanced and it being run over, not me luckily, I have bought the 2018 model.

This has tubeless Gavia AC1 tyres. I am a complete starter with tubeless so I'm hoping I can pick some brains....

If I get a puncture, will it reseal (within reason)?
If not, is it just a case of using an inner tube at the side of the road?
If it reseals, do I need to do anything after a ride, or just forget about it?
As I'm a bit of a luddite, I'm tempted to go back to Conti GP4000s with tubes, am I wrong!?

Grateful for any advice!

[Maracus]

Your Dad said:

Yes, assuming there's sealant in there.

Inner tube, or worms to fix the hole, then add some air.

Wipe off any sealant that squirted out all over the bike, assuming that point 1 applies. Top up air if required. Not sure if I've punctured since running tubeless, I'm assuming the occasional top up of air that's required is due to natural loss rather than a slow puncture.

Try tubeless, you might like it. Not sure what the Giant tyres are like, but I swapped from GP4000s with tubes (on my winter bike) to Schwalbe Pro One tubeless and have no intention of swapping back.

That's interesting feedback on the GP4000s.

I'll see what happens when I can get back out.

[Maracus]

ALawson said:

Further to what I wrote here.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Ditto, ex GP4ks user and never going back unless its a hire bike on holiday.

Thanks, that's a great insight.

[Maracus]

fuzzymonkey said:

Maracus said:

After crashing my Giant Defy Advanced and it being run over, not me luckily, I have bought the 2018 model.

Do you get to claim on insurance for that?

I claimed on my home insurance - fortuneatly, I had the bike as a specific item.

I have to say that LV come highly recommended, they effectively agreed to write off the bike and pay me (with an e-voucher) within 3 hours of reporting the incident.