July 2009   News of the month.....

 

The talk on the street now amongst bicycle enthusiasts is should I go tubeless?  We are getting asked that question daily here at Every Bicycle Tire too.  There are some real benefits to going to a tubeless tire.  The first one that is evident is that you can ride with lower air pressure without fearing pinch flats.  Lower air pressures (down to a certain point) provide you with better traction and a little better degree of suspension over rocky terrain.  As the name implies, tubeless would mean a tire without an inner tube.  These tires are made specifically  for a rim-bed that features no internal spoke holes, therefore, not allowing the air to escape.  Once the tire is sealed onto the rim, the tire pressure can then be adjusted to a lower amount that will improve your traction and control.

The second most important is that the tubeless tire, “Has come a long way,  Baby”, since it’s creation way back in 1903 in the automobile industry and only recently have they become the norm for most bicycle tire companies.  If you check out any website or catalog, each company has their own line of tubeless tires with their own special features.  These tires have everything from Kevlar to SnakeSkin casings to provide much needed puncture resistance and with many of the models being of the folding type, it is convenient to keep one on hand for that dreaded repair on the trail.   These tires do have a downside, they can be a little rough on the knuckles if you are trying to install them yourself,  there really isn’t a magic way to install them, it just takes patience and determination to not let a little rubber tire get the best of you.  Once in a while you might have a little issue with de-flating. But this can easily be rectified with just a little sealant, but make sure you get the one that is compatible with your tire, you don’t want to come out after a long week of work and find you tire has been eaten by the “sealant monsters”. 

So all in all we here are Every Bicycle Tire feel it would be worth your time and money to try a tubeless tire the next time you need new rubber and make your own determination if it is worth going “tubeless” or not .