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Posted by ChrisCase [63.199.242.78] on Friday, March 04, 2011 at 14:24:23 :
In Reply to: tubeless tires on tube type snap ring rims posted by junior [64.136.27.225] on Friday, March 04, 2011 at 11:51:45 :
We used to "ventilate the side walls" to prevent air getting trapped, to later work it's way out and make the tire low. But that was to put a tube into a tubeless tire on a tubeless rim. Split ring rims leak enough that no ventilation is needed.
Me thinks that the difference between the ries was that tubeless had a more air-tight inner layer.
One supposed downside to running a tube is that radials will supposedly get warmer, and heat is a tires enemy.
But a gazillion of us that I know of are running Michelin radials with tubes. And there are a bazillion more running other brands, like Super Swampers?