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Gear Talk / removing tubeless tire used with a tube

« on: May 08, 2023, 08:02:26 pm »

I got a Surly disc trucker.  It's great, but when I got a flat I couldn't break the tire away from the (hooked) rim.  It came with tubeless ready rims and tires, but with tubes.  The salesman didn't see the problem.  All I had to do is take it in and he'd fix the flat.  Of course that doesn't work on a tour.  Do I need to replace the rims, or convert it to tubeless?  If it were tubeless, what's the typical distance between flats?