Tubeless Tires Market Report 2017 - by Type Vehicle Types (Two-Wheeler, Passenger Car and Commercial Vehicle) and Rim Size

Very up to date. Given tubeless tyres have been common for 60 years in the UK.

Quite an achievement, but going to limit their application I would have thought!

We all should be working on non puncture no air tyres by now, surely? Brian

only when all then potholes have been eliminated

been done several times. None are entirely satisfactory.

What I want is woodscrew proof tyres having had two near new ones ruined in the last couple of months.

I know the feeling. I went years without a puncture. Around 5 months ago I replace two tyres on the car and within 6 weeks I had 3 punctures. The first was a nail (still attached to a piece of wood) in the side wall of the new tyre which had done less the 1k miles. This required yet another replacement tyre. The other two punctures were repairable but both in the new tyres and not the older ones.

I seem to remember having a puncture in a fairly new tubeless tyre in one o f those spots they are not allowed to repair, the tyre fitters simply put i n a tube job done at a fraction of the cost. I cannot recall that the repai r had any detrimental effect on the tyre performance. This was sometime bac k I do not know if doing that now is legal but if it is it would save a lot of tyre replacement just because the puncture is in the wrong place.

Richard

In message , "Dave Plowman (News)" writes

Avoid driving near builders skips!

It's not repairable because the carcass is damaged in a weak area. Fitting a tube doesn't change this.

You ever driven in London? ;-)

I do check the gutters in my part of the street where I usually park, though. When I remember to.

In message , "Dave Plowman (News)" writes

I have an intimate knowledge of the Islington speed humps:-(