Tube-type to Tubeless
Aug 21, 2019
3 minutes
MOJO GARAGE tech by Costa Mouzouris
DIFFICULTY LEVEL:
Although I really like the look of spoked wheels, there are many reasons I prefer tubeless wheels. Unless spoked wheels are specifically designed to be tubeless, they normally require tubes to be inserted inside the tires. This is obviously because air escapes from the holes through which the spoke nipples pass.
Tubeless spoked wheels, which you can find on several adventure touring bikes, are either designed with the spokes extending to outside the rim beads, as BMW has
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