The Name is Misleading A tubeless tire is not actually a vacuum; its proper name is a tubeless tire. This name can mislead us into thinking that the air inside the tire has been vacuumed out. If the ...

When a puncture wrecked one of his best tubes, Engineer John McGay decided it was time to try his pet idea—eliminate the tube and use the inflated casing alone. He told his repairman just how he ...

Of course, the one I didn't try was "do things right the first time." Still, with at least three and a half correct elements out of five, I got some not-quite tubeless tires to mount and hold air. I'd ...