02-09-2016, 12:30 AM
(12-17-2015, 02:43 AM)Paulb_imp Wrote: Just one complication here, are we all talking about spoked wheels with inner tubes because as I understand it not all tubeless tyres can be used with tubes. The reason being that tyres designed for tubes are well finished on the inner surface and don't rub on the tube, whereas tubeless tyres can have rough inner surfaces and cause punctures. My bike has tubes and I need to make sure the tyres are compatible.
That's spot on with my experience. So kudos to you for pointing out this unique situation with tubeless vs. tube tires. Tubeless tires not only have different shaped rim edge profiles, but the surface irregularities inside the tire are often unfinished, or the design doesn't call for cleaning them up, and under those conditinos, that can puncture a tube.
I've ridden w/ dual sport guys where they typically carry inner tubes even though theirs are tubeless tires. Reason being, if the sidewall gets sliced, no amount of plug is going to seal it. Thus, inner tubes have to be put inside the tubeless tire since we're in the middle of nowhere. We had a rider who kept popping his inner tube inside a tubeless tire. Come to find out, the inside of the tire was molded w/ these tiny "tits" protruding inward. We didn't know it at the time of repair, so we just put an inner tube inside it, and about 10 miles down the road, the inner tube popped. Luckily, someone else carried heavy duty tubes, so we used that, and the rider was able to complete the ride with us w/o any more punctures.