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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 19668  
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AFAIK most tyre's mention on them never to use inner tubes. It does on my KM2's I'm pretty sure so anyway.
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15th May 2016 7:47pm |
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| diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6046 
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You can fit a sleeve around the tube (well "inside" the tyre to stop it rubbing)
I was more concerned about the tube on the alloy rather than the contact with inside the tyre. |
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15th May 2016 7:57pm |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831 
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I was in a tyre depot a couple of weeks ago and overheard a conversation about inner tubes on alloy wheels and tubeless tyres. From what I heard it sounded as if a customer wanted tube's putting in tubeless tyres, the conclusions was sorry can't do it, its illegal and a large sign saying so was pointed out, I never tried to find out why. Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to  us off.
Richard |
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16th May 2016 12:10pm |
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| Cupboard Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2971 
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I could have sworn mine say "tubeless, may be used with tube" on them, but I could be muddling them up with some other tyres round here. I've definitely seen it somewhere.
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16th May 2016 4:42pm |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3359 
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I stand to be corrected but I thought it was due to the tyre profile. Most car tyre profiles are square. The inner tube would be round so therefore the inner tube would not support the tyre? but maybe I'm wrong. The must be a tyre fitter on here somewhere
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16th May 2016 4:53pm |
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| diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6046
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Thanks for all the replies.
To be honest, it's more the alloy wheel itself rather than the tyre I'm worried about (I spoke to a tyre depot, Bathwick, so not some back street affair, who said a sleeve can be put around/inside the tyre to enable a tube to work, and I've put tubes in plenty of "tubeless" tyres in the past) But it's the tyre on the alloy I was more concerned about. I know the alloy is nice and smoothe, especially in comparison to a steel wheel, but the way the alloy has deeper beads and the ridge that locates the inner rim of the tyre in place, I was concerned about catching the tube on this, or other things that I've not thought about. Oh, and the valve hole... big enough for a tube valve stem? |
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16th May 2016 7:05pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 19668
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How about pinching?
When I had my KM2's fitted I thought that I was them screwing valve stems in. Does that mean the allloys have a threaded insert? If so that might be problematic with an inner tube valve stem. But I might be wrong on that one though. |
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16th May 2016 7:15pm |
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