Non tubeless tyres on tubeless wheels

So, tried looking it up, with mixed results, some say you have to have a wired bead, others not.

whats the current opinion? and is tubeless what its cracked up to be ?

Wouldn’t your problem be more to do with air leakage rather than the bead?

Depends…

For instance non-Tubeless EXO Sidewalled Maxxis go up very nicely on tubeless rims with sealant.

But you invalidate your warranty.

Non tubeless contis leak sealant as they appear to be full of holes.

don’t bother. Non tubeless tyres aren’t designed to take the weight of bike and rider, they are very likely to fail. It happened to me. If you do it take a spare inner tube.

Used nothing else for over two years without any problems.
Have used both maxxis and conti would stick with maxxis
though as the sidewalls seem better sealed.
I always put an extra half a bottle of sealant in though. Does
tubeless make any difference hell yeah

I’ve used Michelin and maxxis non tubeless tyres tubeless ,I think it’s more to do with the rim /tyre combination some will some wont !
suck it and C sometimes it sucks a lot. 😀

rocky mountain – Member

some say you have to have a wired bead, others not.

Disregard both- bead has basically nothing to do with it. There are no quality tyres that won’t work on a quality tubeless rim. (leaving aside for the moment whether they’ll work tubeless; the rims themselves are compatible so only badly designed or made tyres or rims will have an issue)

As for using them tubeless… Bottom line is, most tyres work, many tyres work well, but there’s no hard and fast rules. You’ll find some tubeless tyres work less well tubeless, than some nontubeless tyres.

Maxxis nontubeless are generally pretty decent- Maxxis tend towards quality beads, and durable sidewalls with a fair amount of rubber in. Conti generally bead well but can be harder to seal. Schwalbe tend to be puncturey regardless of whether tubeless or not, Specialized standardised their range so that most are tubeless by default…

Cool, although I have used Maxxis for aa couple of years, Specialized have been very very good in the past.

A lot has to do with price; somehow the cost of living is not going down for some reason….

Have run non tubeless tyres on non tubeless rims for several years now without any problems. And non tubeless tyres on tubeless rims as well with out any worries.

Edit – Maxxis, scwalbe and specialized, folding and wire as well as single and 2ply and currently with EXO at the moment. And some of these tyres are well used and a good few years old.

I’ve never used tubeless tyres, only non-tubeless and mainly Maxxis. No real issues, you will see sidewall wear and lots of chevrons once they get a bit used so keep an eye on that, it’s just caused by flex but once they get like that worth replacing.

The Stans site has a list of tyres it recommends (most of them) and some that it advises to avoid.
I went tubeless a couple of months ago and would recommend it. They seem to pick up speed more quickly which I presume is the reduction in weight as I don’t see how the whole ‘improved rollability’ argument makes any sense although if someone can explain it I’m all ears.