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I probably would not have attempted on clinchers.
Tubeless are still clinchers
I probably would not have attempted on clinchers.
Apparently, there's a trick to this, but I haven't tried it myself yet:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rkbkjNvPdk
I have a question for anyone who has done the research......
Is there a difference in the lifespan of the tyres between tubeless and not? Something I read recently suggested a dramatically shorter lifespan for tubeless tyres. Any thoughts?
Not that I have noticed. I have two bikes with tubeless and two tubed.
Thanks.
I think it was on the ACA forums (USA, a PITA to search) and someone researching a bike for a cross continent ride was told to expect approx half the mileage from tubeless. It didn't seem right to me.
I have a question for anyone who has done the research......
Is there a difference in the lifespan of the tyres between tubeless and not? Something I read recently suggested a dramatically shorter lifespan for tubeless tyres. Any thoughts?
I don't know the tyres. Are these more for "road" style riding, i.e. generally paved surfaces and minimal load?Two of mine run GP4000s and one of the tubeless is on GP5000s, so similar tyres. The wear rate seems similar.
Well, yes.Wouldn't you need a tire that comes in two versions - tubeless and tubeful - for the comparison to be meaninful?
The thing is, on a long tour we may not have much of a choice! How adaptable is a tubeless tyre to adding a boot or the like?If that is the case, on paper you may get more mileage, but you'll be ill advised to do so.
Well, yes. What's a "single trip" though? In the example I mentioned, the guy would have been looking at replacing his tyres before the end of his tour (Trans America). Or at least that's what he had been told. That seemed very odd to me.as long as they last through any single trip I might attempt with them, I'm fine.
I've had to replace tyres with a very healthy tread profile because of sidewall issues.my aforementioned G-One Bites are at about 3k now, and they're still good for probably the same based on the tread profile
I don't know the tyres. Are these more for "road" style riding, i.e. generally paved surfaces and minimal load?
Well, yes.
The thing is, on a long tour we may not have much of a choice! How adaptable is a tubeless tyre to adding a boot or the like?
Well, yes. What's a "single trip" though? In the example I mentioned, the guy would have been looking at replacing his tyres before the end of his tour (Trans America). Or at least that's what he had been told. That seemed very odd to me.
I'm just curious if anyone touring on tubeless has any observations on that.
I've had to replace tyres with a very healthy tread profile because of sidewall issues.
Back of a fag packet figures I expect to get 10k km from my Schwalbes (Marathon, not Mundiial). That's carrying a pretty heavy load on some pretty rough roads. I think one of my current tyres is at about the 15k mark now.
The thing is, on a long tour we may not have much of a choice! How adaptable is a tubeless tyre to adding a boot or the like?
It could be that your running at lower pressure than a tubed set up for greater comfort that leads to greater flexing of the sidewall and consequently greater wear of the sidewall which obviously has an finite number of flexations????
I don't really understand how running tubeless is meant to shorten the lifespan of your tire, I mean there is nothing stopping me from running inner tubes in my tires, rather than running them tubeless, so what's inside them is meaningless.
What I was thinking was that there is something fundamentally different (design or material) between a tubeless and a tubed tyre.
andFrom what I'm led to believe, there are two fundamental differences between a tire badged tubeless ready and one not. The first is the bead itself so it can hook into the rim and form a firm bond. The second is the material itself needs to be impermeable to the sealant, so that it can form a coating on the inside of the tire, but not leak out.
Again as far as I'm aware, manufacturers don't offer tubed or tubeless versions of tires, they just mark a tire as being tubeless ready or compatible, if that's what you want.