Quote Originally Posted by GeebeeNZ View Post
I am just an accountant but have also been told that fitting tubes in a tubeless tyre caused problems from overheating. There are a number of us who believed our good friend Bryan had a heart attack. After all he was a very accomplished rider and should have coped with a deflating tyre. But then I am not a Coroner and don't have all the facts. Graeme
Yes,they can overheat,i had a look at some tubeless bike tyres today and they all had ribs on the side of the tyre,i have fitted tubes to tubeless car tyres and have failed because of the ribs.See the thing is with a tube tyre if a nail or if the tube fails it goes down very quickly,with a tubeless tyre it seals around the wheel so the only place the air can get out is around the nail, and may take some time to go down,Maybe a law should be put in place when a bike goes in for a wof,the bike should be failed if there is a tube in a tubeless tyre if may save a life.