January 14, 20197 yr Running a 1976 Montesa 348 going to get a new back tyre been offered a once used tubeless Michalin could I use it with a tube or Will I need a tyre designed to take a tube
January 14, 20197 yr Some / most akront rims will be ok with a a tubeless Mitch, ime. Edited January 14, 20197 yr by b40rt
January 14, 20197 yr 1 hour ago, Team 65 said: Running a 1976 Montesa 348 going to get a new back tyre been offered a once used tubeless Michalin could I use it with a tube or Will I need a tyre designed to take a tube You can run it with a tube, no problem ??
January 15, 20197 yr 17 hours ago, b40rt said: Some / most akront rims will be ok with a a tubeless Mitch, ime. Good to know. I had a TY175 and OEM Yamaha rim would not keep a tubless Michelin bead on. I assumed all tube type rims were the same.
January 15, 20197 yr 2 hours ago, nhuskys said: Good to know. I had a TY175 and OEM Yamaha rim would not keep a tubless Michelin bead on. I assumed all tube type rims were the same. You need a "tubliss" to make it work.
January 15, 20197 yr 7 hours ago, ric h said: You need a "tubliss" to make it work. I might try that in the future. I fixed it with an IRC tube type.
January 15, 20197 yr 10 hours ago, nhuskys said: Good to know. I had a TY175 and OEM Yamaha rim would not keep a tubless Michelin bead on. I assumed all tube type rims were the same. If your still using a tube with the tubeless tyre, trimming the bead with a Stanley knife to a profile similar to a tube type tyre will also work. Do this at your own risk.
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