Flat Rear Tire

Water Warrior 2 · 07-31-2010, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by blaine

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Originally Posted by Water Warrior

36 spokes hooked into a rim means you have 36 places to leak air if no tube is used. Cast wheels usually are equiped with tubless tires but there are a few exceptions. If you have tubless tires on spoked wheels there is probably a tube inside. There are no ill effects running a tube in a tubeless tire.

The spokes hook to the outside of the rim,leaving the rim one piece for tubeless tires.A lot of the MOTO GUZZI came with the same concept.
Also the valve stem hole on a tubeless tire is larger to accommodate the valve stem.

Gotta disagree with you on the valve stem hole size. Vtrom came tubeless and later had a tube installed. No problems encountered with fit. Now back to tubeless, no problems.