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Seems like no one knows anything about anything other than lights or bottom brackets breaking.
I very seldom need lights and have never broken a bottom bracket of any type. But perhaps someone knows about tubeless tires. What is the difference between a tubeless tire rim and a normal clincher? Also as I recall you have to put some sort of rim liner in. The one I looked at looked like foam rubber. How do you push a new tire on across that without dislocating it? And since you have to put slime in the tire to stop small leaks, I assume that you always have to rotate the wheels with the filler on the bottom whenever you stop? Has anyone any experience with tubeless tires and if so what did you think of them? |
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On Monday, April 10, 2017 at 8:48:00 AM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 4/10/2017 9:42 AM, wrote: Seems like no one knows anything about anything other than lights or bottom brackets breaking. I very seldom need lights and have never broken a bottom bracket of any type. But perhaps someone knows about tubeless tires. What is the difference between a tubeless tire rim and a normal clincher? Also as I recall you have to put some sort of rim liner in. The one I looked at looked like foam rubber. How do you push a new tire on across that without dislocating it? And since you have to put slime in the tire to stop small leaks, I assume that you always have to rotate the wheels with the filler on the bottom whenever you stop? Has anyone any experience with tubeless tires and if so what did you think of them? As with wire spoked car/motorcycle wheels, to modify a spoked rim to tubeless you'll need an airtight liner. Rims designed for tubeless don't have spoke holes inside the rim. Either way, valves bolt through the rim. A latex solution to seal the tire edges against the rim is in theory not necessary but in practice essential. https://www.campagnolo.com/US/en/Technologies/2_way_fit -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 Can you actually measure the difference in friction saved by tubeless vs tubed tires? I know it sound rediculous but I actually did see the difference in speed simply by shaving my legs. But after I came back from the concussion my legs looked like I was a Yeti. |
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On Monday, April 10, 2017 at 7:30:47 PM UTC-7, bob prohaska wrote:
wrote: Also as I recall you have to put some sort of rim liner in. The one I looked at looked like foam rubber. How do you push a new tire on across that without dislocating it? That sounds like bib mousse on a motorcycle. It's a foam tube used in place of an inflated inner tube on motorcycles. Heavy, high rolling resistance, hard to mount. Also largely indestructible..... A more elegant solution is called "tubliss", also for motorcycles. Schwalbe offered something similar for bicycles, but I think there's a patent dispute between the respective companies. I'm using Tubliss on a motorcycle and it seems to work quite well. A bit of web-searching will turn up a wealth of information. The most fundamental issue with tubeless tires is that there has to be something (interference fit, inflatable bead lock, mechanical clamp) to make the tire seal absolutely to the rim. Ordinary bicycle rims, even hooked-seat types, don't provide a positive fit and seal. hth, bob prohaska Bob - Tubeless tires were heavily advertised a couple of years ago. They were supposed to be the coming thing. While initially they needed a special rim without spoke holes later they have some sort of rim liner that at least on top looked like foam rubber. I didn't bother with them since it looked to me like they would be heavier than a normal tire and tube assembly since they had that rim liner, the heavy filler with a positive rim seal and the slime that you put in the tire. But after the roads have gotten so bad around here I have somewhat reconsidered since they wouldn't flat so easily. |
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