Thread: tubeless tyres & tubes

Originally Posted by greendisco2

hi all , we were wondering at work today, can you run tubes in tubeless tyres ? tony

Yes, but make sure that all stickers and the like are removed from the inside of the tyre.
Some tyres (BFG Muds) have large ridges on the inside and I'm convinced that in my case these lead to wear and failure of the tubes.
Good tubes are hard to find these days, and thin poor quality one will lead to lots of problems.
Tyres run hotter with tubes and therefore wear faster.
Repairs are harder with tubes.

Tony

Yep, I've done it for years and still do. No problems at all.

Regarding wear, I still got over 85,000km from the BFG A/T's and that was with a bent axle (corners chewed off).

Repairs are easier with tubes. It's called a patch kit.

Originally Posted by Dougal

Yep, I've done it for years and still do. No problems at all.

Regarding wear, I still got over 85,000km from the BFG A/T's and that was with a bent axle (corners chewed off).

Repairs are easier with tubes. It's called a patch kit.

Hi Dougal,

Each to their own, I think that it's easier to repair a tubeless tyre.
I originally fitted tubes as I was concerned about being able to reseat beads.
I did probably 60,000Km with tubes in BFG M/T's before I started having probs, and was surprised at how much cooler they ran when when I took them out.

Tony

I find tubeless tyres are so much easier to repair when you have a nail, tek screw or similar, just remove the culprit and plug it. This can be done most times before the tyre is fully flat. I have repaired heaps of both tubed and tubeless tyres.

We always carry a few spare tubes for emergency spares when travelling to remote areas. This allows for say an emergency sidewall repair with a radial patch and a tube, just to get back to civilisation. Other than that, IMHO, I wouldn't bother with tubes anymore, unless you are running wheels which aren't compatible for a tubeless setup.


Erich