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Here is a good argument to never allow tubulars to cross over to our humble sport.
Picture oneself bollocking down a steep, rocky trail at possibly 60 kmh.
Then your tyre removes itself from the rim...
Fade to black.
geax do tubular mtb tyres
http://www.geax.com/en/products/?cat=2&prod=1
"Mtb tubulars are in a league of their own in terms of performance; no tubed or tubeless system can come close.
The perfectly round shape and the Corespun casing, derived directly from road racing tubulars, amount to a product that’s unbelievably performing - it must be experienced to be believed.
The most important characteristics of the tubular include the lowest rolling resistance possible (lower than the tubeless tyres), excellent grip, superior comfort and even increased reliability. (The system is a similar weight to a tubeless set-up, but weight is not the reason to choose a tubular.)
Completely hand made with a Corespun 290 TPI (cotton and kevlar) casing and a 50 Shore A compound, these tubulars are the hot ticket for XC racers aiming for the podium."
weight tangent if you don't mind ...
isn't a tubed system lighter e.g. continental race king supersonic 2.0 (430g each - good reviews) or maxxlite 310 (310g each - ok reviews) or maxxis maxxlite 285 (285g each - below average reviews) with continental supersonic tubes (100g each) on a set of crank brothers cobalt (1540g) or [if it is possible to run tubed on ust] a set of mavic crossmax slr 6 bolt ust (1420g)?
i am a newbie so forgive me but i thought the only reason people went ust was for lower pressure??
b.
Tubed tyres with very lightweight tubes on lightweight rims can sometimes be lighter - although not in normal setups - however the lighter you go the (much) greater your chance of flats, especially at normal or lower pressures.
Tubeless in general weighs slightly less or about the same - but is very unlikely to have any flats, extremely rare to have a sudden flat, and zero chance of a pinch flat. Tubeless gives a reliability benefit more than anything else.
Running lower pressure in tubeless is doable - no pinch flats - but not the reason you'd move to tubeless.