Classic Dirt Bike

On the tube

When talk turns to tyres the discussion can often get heated – what one rider swears by another may swear at – and it is even more complicated when tubed or tubeless is chucked into the mix. For classic and twinshock riders, certainly in the trials world, remaining on tubed tyres is limited to IRC really.

One of the problems is that a tubeless tyre doesn’t always stay on a tubeless rim, there being a slight difference in the tyre well which prevents it seating properly. However there

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