Tyre type question

[Stuman]

Hi, today my front tyre blew off on the highway and i was riding with high speed. That was a verry bad experience. :-\ Thank god i am ok, i manage to avoid the accident.  :-[
Is it possible to make my tyres from tube type to tubeless??  ???

[kwells]

most are running tubeless with the OEM rims...Do you have a wire spoked rim by chance?

[Serch]

Tire TubeLess on rim TubeType???

How??

[h2olawyer]

In the US (and probably Canada) the rims are tubeless type.  There may be some silly Euro requirement for tube type tyres with these rims.  Probably a safety thing.  I know many euro sports cars ran tube type tyres while the same car with identical looking rims (both steel & aluminum) ran tubeless in the US.

H₂O

[macroars]

most are running tubeless with the OEM rims...Do you have a wire spoked rim by chance?

My bike-shop-guy, which have been in business since mid 70 told me that he would not rode tubeless on the OEM rims on front wheel. The reason is that the OEM rims have straight edges and not are bent inwards at the top like they should have been to wear tubeless tires safely. This he argued are of great importance if the tire pressure decreases gradually, then the tire can slip  of the rim more easily during braking and/or when turning.

My conclusion: tube in front wheel, tubeless rear.

[treedragon]

Hmmm assuming that they are standard rims.....

The reason I always go for tubeless
- if there is a decrease in pressure from a puncture or whatever it will likely be slow, this is good.
- You feel it in the handling and then be able to do something about it. Has happened to me a few times over the years.
- Punctures/blowouts in tubed a tyre........... well you know what happens

Slow decrease gives you a chance, blowouts don't for the most part.

Correct tyre pressures are an easy thing to maintain and pressure increases as the tyre warms up, if there is a problem you will feel it long before any "slippage".

[ps2/bikevision]

i never had a problem with the front tire coming off. i had a belt brake in the front tire a few years back and had to ride it to the shop to get a new tire. it held together for about a mile to the shop. Ive also rode with the tire almost flat to the gas station when my compressor was broke. didn't have a problem with tire coming off either. my brother is a Ducati mechanic and also races them, hes the one that changed my tires and didn't say a thing about the rim not holding a tire properly. id ditch the tube and run it the way it was designed.

[Rick G]

I'll pass on the tube , there a pita !! I rode a partially flat rear tyre 100 miles to get home. I kept pumping it up but , it leaked down to 15lbs continually.  It stayed on the rim , of course I was riding at 20 mph , so it took a life time to get home. :P :P
Early  tubeless Honda's  had  a wheel called a "comstar"  The rim was extruded aluminum  and  the spokes were steel , riveted in place.  Word was that Honda wasn't happy , with cast wheels because they leaked. Nobody else's leaked and eventually Honda got over it.