Road Tubeless tyres

[rello]

I believe hutchinson have brought out a road tubless tyre the "fusion 2 road tubeless" has anyone seen this , tried this? I believe they can be used on standard rims with a conversion kit such as stans!

[Spaceboy]

I use the Hutchinson Fusion 2 road tubeless tyres, without tubes on my Dura Ace 7850 wheels with a little sealant inside.....and i love them. It has been about 2 months now, and no punctures and hardly even any loss of pressure at all. I run them a little softer than i would a normal setup and the grip etc is awesome.

[onebynine]

Corima also do a tubeless carbon wheel for those tyres... very pretty be!

Shimano have also just released an Ultegra level wheel...

[wheelz]

what price the tires going for?

[Rocket-Boy]

Im going to look ignorant again with this, but whats the big advantage to having tubeless anyways? a bit less weight?

[_Daemon_]

 

Im going to look ignorant again with this' date=' but whats the big advantage to having tubeless anyways? a bit less weight?

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Less rotational weight

Better rolling resistance

Sealant fix punctures most of the time.

 

 

 

[Mr Mulebar]

Most tyre manufacturers have stayed away from road tubeless for a number of reasons. Firstly, there is NO performance advantage over a standard clincher or tubular. Continental have run several tests confirming this.

 

 

 

Puncture issue is also moot as new space age breakers such as Vectran virtually eliminate punctures in standard clinchers in any case and if you add sealant to your tubeless tyres to prevent punctures, which does not work at the high pressures run in road tyres then you again are adding to rotational weight.

 

 

 

What is the point of road tubeless I ask apart from that the tubeless ready wheels don't need rim tape when running standard tyres?Mr Mulebar2009-06-23 05:04:11