Team 65 Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b40rt Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 (edited) Some / most akront rims will be ok with a a tubeless Mitch, ime. Edited January 14, 2019 by b40rt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanky Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 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 ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhuskys Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ric h Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhuskys Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b40rt Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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