I have tubeless wires but they still recommend fitting tubes to my tyres, is this just extra insurance i wonder ?
talking of michelins i saw longstone at the NEC and they had what i consider the right tyre for my car, michelin pilot x 16"
but £350 each, a big leap if i dont like the way they drive.
Who is 'they'? The big problem with putting inner tubes into wheels fitted with tubeless tyres is that the inner surfaces of tubeless tyres are not finished smooth, and will abrade the surface of the inner tube.
This can be mitigated by the fitting of heavy duty inner tubes that will resist the abrasion, but still when an inner tube lets go you lose all the air in one go.
If a tubless rim starts leaking around one of the spoke holes, you tend to lose air slowly over a period of time long enough to notice it and do something about it.
There are some tyres still made specially for tubes, but as you have found out from Longstone, they aren't cheap.
