| Author | Message | ||
     Just_ziptab |
Buddy bought a rear tire for his bike.........v-twin cruiser of some sort. It's a tubeless tire and the bike has spoked rims with a tube. Will this be OK? I ain't going to mount it till I get assured it will work. (He can take it back for exchange) | ||
| Bandm |
Spoked wheels take tubes in tubeless tires. | ||
| Ratbuell |
Spoked wheels don't hold air. Need a tube. Tubeless tires are pretty much the norm for streetbikes these days, but running a tube won't hurt anything at all. It's standard practice on laced/spoked wheels. There's a "rim strip" in there, too - think big rubber band, keeps the ends of the spokes from poking the tube. | ||
| Just_ziptab |
Of course I know the rim "has to have" a tube. We were wondering if there would be a heat issue with the tubeless tire....combined with a tube ....to hold air in a spoke laced rim. Short hops,it probably wouldn't matter,but I'm sure this bike will see some long free way halls,two up............ | ||
| Rwven |
No problem, some new models even come that way. | ||
| Ratbuell |
Every new bike I've seen in the last six years, working for a Buell/HD dealer, had tubes in tubeless tires. If you read further around the tire sidewall, you'll probably see the phrase "approved for tubless use". Don't *have* to use them without a tube...but you *can*. | ||
| Just_ziptab |
Thanks! Bad web is where it's at...........  | ||
| Strokizator |
There could be heat issues with a tubed tire but usually only after sustained high-speed runs. Thicker heavy duty tubes build more heat than the thinner ones. I just returned from a two week, 5000 mile run with a tubeless tire mounted on a spoked rim. Ran 75 - 80 for hours at a time and lived to tell about it. Mount it and run. | ||
| Tepiddeath |
One thing that I would strongly recommend you do when you have the wheel stripped down is: Use a wire wheel on the inside of the rim, over all of the nipples, and in the "groove", to knock any rust off, then use rustoleum and spray paint the area around the heads of the nipples to prevent rust in the future. This practice significantly extends the life of a spoke wheel... just my $0.02 | ||
| Iman501 |
yea my dads transalp had a tubless tire in it, and it had tubes in it | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Plenty of chalk when you put it back together so that the tube can move in the tire to settle in place without nipping or chafing. |
