130 steel rims VS wolf rims

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Originally Posted by VladTepes

I have the tubed style 130 rims but would prefer Wolfs... how would I go about fixing that ?

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You can run without tubes on tubed rims.

No recommendation - just a statement.

I was thinking of fitting internal beadlocks on mine for more reassurance. We had a thread on this a while back - can't find it at the mo.

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Originally Posted by Sleepy

You can run without tubes on tubed rims.

No recommendation - just a statement.

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But what happens if you air down even slightly & drive over rocks?

Hssssssss :(

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Originally Posted by Scouse

But what happens if you air down even slightly & drive over rocks?

Hssssssss :(

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I haven't done it yet. I'll find that old thread cos there are people here that do with no dramas.

Ray....come on down......!

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Originally Posted by Scouse

But what happens if you air down even slightly & drive over rocks?

Hssssssss :(

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I've never had a problem, spent 8 hours last weekend at 14 PSI without tubes on my 'tubed' rims on some rocky tracks.

Not a recommendation, just my experiences.

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Originally Posted by mark2

I've never had a problem, spent 8 hours last weekend at 14 PSI without tubes on my 'tubed' rims on some rocky tracks.

Not a recommendation, just my experiences.

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With reasonable quality rims it will work fine, i did it for 2 years up and down hundreds of times. However don't expect your insurance to pay out if you have a blowout and right the car off

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Originally Posted by mark2

I've never had a problem, spent 8 hours last weekend at 14 PSI without tubes on my 'tubed' rims on some rocky tracks.

Not a recommendation, just my experiences.

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Originally Posted by TREX

With reasonable quality rims it will work fine, i did it for 2 years up and down hundreds of times. However don't expect your insurance to pay out if you have a blowout and right the car off

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Yep, that's my experience, not recommendation too :)
and during that bunfight we all had in the tubed/tubeless thread I was pretty clear on where i stood on the supposed 'safety' aspect of running tubeless on tubed rims, and as I said at the time, what happens when you have a puncture with a tubed tyre on a rim without safety beads ?

In my experience it just rolls straight off the rim anyway. I was just lucky it was the unloaded (inside) front tyre when it happened to me @ 100km/h through a corner.
Went tubeless after that on the recommendation of two tyre services, it was only a tiny hole that caused the sudden deflation of the tube.

I think this is the thread rick130 mentioned - some interesting reading.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/technical-...type-rims.html

Yeah the old pinhole in a tube is a PITA.

I found that airing down, crud tends to work its way into the rim of the tyre causing a leak, whereas I;ve never jad this happen with rims with a safety bead.

So anyway I;m after some steel (or good alloy maybe) tubeless rims.

Anyone ?