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DH racers at MTBR will never use his tires. I mean if coasting down mountains is what cycling is all about so be it. But XC racers, CX...

TPU definitely holds air better. Latex is supposed to be puncture resistant But I've had a wire long enough to go through a Tannus liner...

The RH sealant is working so far. A week from now I'll know more about the water/ Latex situation. I suppose some people may wonder why...

His tire tech is feeding back into road racing (where it came from) in larger sizes. It's probably going to do the same thing in CX, and...

One type of flat that sealant is particularly good for are slow leaks (as in more than one) caused by small wires in the road from blown...

On this bike butyl without sealant would probably be OK. The sealed tubes thing has been so good on the urban Ebike I want to see if I...

OK one more time. the Rene HERSE TPU tube in the front tire is just sitting there laughing at all of this. Polished Metal stem...

This is the glue issue I'm having. Since gravel racing tires don't have reflective sidewalls, and I'm running disc brakes with the UB...

I broke down the tire today. No sealant leakage. The tube was deformed at the spoke holes next to the valve stem. 2 layers of plastic...

I always use metal automotive stem caps on Schraders. They seal with an O ring and you can hear a puff if the stem is leaking. Some for...

Looking at Sckwalbes site, they offer a heavy duty TPU tube for MTB with Schrader, and another with Presta that's apparently lighter...

Thanks for sharing that experience. I think I used Stan's Tubeless plastic rim tape because it's what I had at the time. So I might be...

I took a ride at 40psi today. It sharpened up the handling of the XC bike on pavement. 33psi was cushy but a little bouncy too. The...

I just found a quote from Jan Heine. "We developed 26″ tires in three different sizes because I wanted the 2.3″-wide Rat Trap Pass and...

I have no experience with tubeless conversions. But users with similar light weight tires complain that it takes up to 3 days for them...