Thread: Tubed or tubeless

Mate, I just changed all my rims over so I could run tubeless. The advantages I see and changed for are less heat build up and friction, the ability to plug a tyre without removing it, I can fit a tube later if needed and run staun beadlocks. in regard to running your tyres off the rim at low pressure, with out a tube you can put it back on, but will be out of balance as it has moved. Try and line up a reference point on your tyres before this happens so you can fit it back in the same place. with a tube in place you will most likely rip the stem off the tube and have to put a new tube back in. Also with a puncture you need to repait the tyre and the tube. If you are having a recurring problem with your tyre rim combination beadlocks are the only option. Fot some reason they are not legal for road use in oz so the mechanical bolted rim style are not for you. The staun jobbies are the go as it is only drilling an extra hole and most people won't know they are there and they lock both beads. All tyres should be balnced reguarly especially when you air down reguarly due to slippage under torque loads.

So, keep the tube as a last resort and beadlock it.

cheers
CC

I prefer tubeless if the wheels have the safety bead.

Currently I'm using the old RR steel rims that don't have the safety bead so I'm using tubes. I'm just waiting for the tyre to slip on the rim & tear out the valve . I think I'll glue the tyre to the rim .

I run my tyres as low as 7psi offroad and have never lost a bead. However, some tyres and some rims seem better at holding beads than others (e.g. simex have a bad rep).

If you are happy with your rims and tyres, the options are as you mentioned - and also using sikaflex (poor man's beadlock) to hold the bead.

Since changing the tyres on my BJ40 to tubeless I have never looked back. I can't see there being much, if any difference in ability to stop the tyre rolling off the rim. the softer tube wouldn't stop the bead moving away from the rim

What size tyres & what rims are you running?

Originally Posted by Tusker

What size tyres & what rims are you running?

Standard disco steel rims and simex 32x9.5 extreme trekkers.Cheers Brett

Originally Posted by isuzurover

I run my tyres as low as 7psi offroad and have never lost a bead. However, some tyres and some rims seem better at holding beads than others (e.g. simex have a bad rep).

If you are happy with your rims and tyres, the options are as you mentioned - and also using sikaled (poor man's beadlock) to hold the bead.

What tyres are you running and what is sikaled.Cheers Brett

Originally Posted by Col.Coleman

Mate, I just changed all my rims over so I could run tubeless. The advantages I see and changed for are less heat build up and friction, the ability to plug a tyre without removing it, I can fit a tube later if needed and run staun beadlocks. in regard to running your tyres off the rim at low pressure, with out a tube you can put it back on, but will be out of balance as it has moved. Try and line up a reference point on your tyres before this happens so you can fit it back in the same place. with a tube in place you will most likely rip the stem off the tube and have to put a new tube back in. Also with a puncture you need to repait the tyre and the tube. If you are having a recurring problem with your tyre rim combination beadlocks are the only option. Fot some reason they are not legal for road use in oz so the mechanical bolted rim style are not for you. The staun jobbies are the go as it is only drilling an extra hole and most people won't know they are there and they lock both beads. All tyres should be balnced reguarly especially when you air down reguarly due to slippage under torque loads.

So, keep the tube as a last resort and beadlock it.

cheers
CC

You can't run internal beadlocks AND tubes

I ran tubes for years, in my 35" centipedes now internal locks, the internals are a pain, they still get **** in the bead, but never unseat, so you're still forever cleaning the bead would prefer to stay with tubes

Externals for me next