John_S wrote: However maybe I'm just a bit of a luddite who doesn't move with the times.John
I used to be a Luddite .... and i still am ..... nothing new there then
John_S wrote: However maybe I'm just a bit of a luddite who doesn't move with the times.John
Tangled Metal wrote:So I find this thread interesting for the information tubeless tyre users have given. The naysayers IMHO are the usual suspects I've had issue with before over their fixed opinions. It's their way only. That's fair enough because it's a technology you don't have to use. I don't plan on using electronic shifting. I don't rubbish it because it's not for me. Tubeless tyres are a technology that has a valid purpose, not just marketing hype, that you either appreciate or you don't. If not then don't buy into it. Your choice.
aljohn wrote:Reading the posts on tubeless tyres to my wife , she pointed out that SKY re invented the wheel years ago by making really round wheels....I think she has a point.....
Brucey wrote:Smut Pedaller; unless you have tried the exact same tyres with and without tubes there is no way of knowing if it is the tyres or the tubelessness that is making a difference. That is, if it isn't in all in the mind anyway....
cheers
Brucey wrote:Smut Pedaller; unless you have tried the exact same tyres with and without tubes there is no way of knowing if it is the tyres or the tubelessness that is making a difference. That is, if it isn't in all in the mind anyway....
cheers
Brucey wrote:Smut Pedaller; unless you have tried the exact same tyres with and without tubes there is no way of knowing if it is the tyres or the tubelessness that is making a difference. That is, if it isn't in all in the mind anyway....
cheers
Smut Pedaller wrote: have actually tested Schwalbe G-One tyres with and without a tube and the difference is pretty significant.
Smut Pedaller wrote:Brucey wrote:Smut Pedaller; unless you have tried the exact same tyres with and without tubes there is no way of knowing if it is the tyres or the tubelessness that is making a difference. That is, if it isn't in all in the mind anyway....
cheers
Read my post again, I used the schwalbe g ones, ramblers and rock n roads with and without tubes. The difference was clear.
Brucey wrote:...
Very often decent tubeless tyres already contain enough extra rubber (vs the equivalent tubed tyre) to qualify as an inner-tube's worth of extra weight. Adding an inner tube to such a tubeless tyre will (unsurprisingly) usually make for a tyre that is relatively heavy and slow; effectively you have two inner tubes.......