seanycozzie16v Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 ok so long story short. i bought new tyres for the bike which i mistakenly bought tubeless instead of tubed tyres. i got the tyres fitted and they leak very slowly out of where the spokes enter the rim. the question is can i fit tubes to these tubeless tyres or is there any other way to stop these leaking from the spokes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Fitting tubes is fine The tyre fitter should have spotted this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanycozzie16v Posted March 27, 2016 Author Share Posted March 27, 2016 must have got an apprentice or something! regards to tube sizes though. the front tyre is a 90/90 18 and the rear is a 130/90 15. is this the size of tubes i shall need or is there a slight difference in tube sizes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastanglianbiker Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 that is the size tubes you will need and dont forget you will need rim tape to protect the tubes from t he tips of the spokes and whoever fitted the tyres must of removed inner tubes and should go back to school to learn how to correctly fit tyres on to the rims Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iangaryprice Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Did you fit them yourself?You will need tubes to fit he tyre sizes, some tubes will fit a range of sizes.Don't forget the rim tapes as suggested above, other wise you will puncture the tubes. I'm surprised they even inflated| Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanycozzie16v Posted March 27, 2016 Author Share Posted March 27, 2016 did a bit of looking up on this. my rims are marked MT which means they can accept tubeless tyres. if they were marked wm rhat means they can only take tubed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanycozzie16v Posted March 27, 2016 Author Share Posted March 27, 2016 that is the size tubes you will need and dont forget you will need rim tape to protect the tubes from t he tips of the spokes and whoever fitted the tyres must of removed inner tubes and should go back to school to learn how to correctly fit tyres on to the rimstoo damn right! i'll be asking them to supply me with new tubes or at the very least my old ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iangaryprice Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 did a bit of looking up on this. my rims are marked MT which means they can accept tubeless tyres. if they were marked wm rhat means they can only take tubed.If that's correct then something has gone wrong when they fitted them. There are3 places that need to be sealed1. The valve to the rim.2. The tyre bead to the rim (both sides).3. In the s=case of your wheels the spokes to the rim.On older type spokes wheels, they always needed tubes because air would leak out through the spokes.I have seen some newer bike where the spokes are at he edge of the rims. I expect oeof the reasons for doing this is to keep them outside the area that needs to be sealed. Are the spokes on your wheels at the edges of the rim? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanycozzie16v Posted March 30, 2016 Author Share Posted March 30, 2016 the spokes are in 2 parts the wire bit is screwed into a nut of some sort and that nut is attached to the rim iself so you could say the spokes are in 2 parts and the air is leaking from where the spoke screws into the nut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanycozzie16v Posted March 30, 2016 Author Share Posted March 30, 2016 the spokes are at the centre of the rim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RantMachine Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Even if they can accept tubeless tyres, that doesn't mean they're fit to use them without tubes. Spoked rims always need an inner tube, bar one or two special (read: expensive) cases like the R1200GS or the Caponord (and maybe one or two others). As EAB said, the person that fit the tyres must be bloody incompetent! And to a spectacular degree, at that! Go back there and demand that they refit the tyres with your original tubes... and if they've chucked them, demand that they replace them free of charge! This is hardly rocket science for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Old Git Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Even if they can accept tubeless tyres, that doesn't mean they're fit to use them without tubes. Spoked rims always need an inner tube, bar one or two special (read: expensive) cases like the R1200GS or the Caponord (and maybe one or two others). As EAB said, the person that fit the tyres must be bloody incompetent! And to a spectacular degree, at that! Go back there and demand that they refit the tyres with your original tubes... and if they've chucked them, demand that they replace them free of charge! This is hardly rocket science for them And 'as a 'rocket scientist' I can also point out that it is hardly photogaphic imagery science for them either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RantMachine Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 When I get home I'll check with the other half if it qualifies as brain surgery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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