Most commonly used types of tyres

Hi guys, I have a doubt. My Dio just crossed the 13500km mark and the rear tubeless tyre I got with it got a puncture.

Somehow I managed to screw things up by asking a mechanic (who is supposed to be an expert, but this guy has worked only in a tubed-tyre scenario (yeah f**k!)) to fix the puncture.

Being unaware of how exactly a tubeless tyre puncture should be fixed, I watched him remove the tyre and to my utmost bewilderment, he asked me where the f**king tube was! I took some time to educate him that it was a tubeless tyre scenario and he should know better.

Long story short, I watched him remove the valve through which we're supposed to fill air into the tubeless tyre from my rim (yeah, I learned about that only AFTER I screwed everything up) and add a tube inside the tyre.

Now it rides fine. But I got educated about the difference between tubeless and tubed tires and the safety reasons just earlier.

So my question, would I have to change the rim as well when I get a new set of tubeless tyres as the value on this one was destroyed??

#patheic.day

P.S.: One thing I'm not worried about is the tube, it was already 60% worn out on the centre area and I need to change the tube anyways. But my concern is about the rim. And at this point, I am unaware of the costs of a set of tubeless tyre and cost of a rim (if necessary).

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Anoop Mathew

Hi guys, I have a doubt. My Dio just crossed the 13500km mark and the rear tubeless tyre I got with it got a puncture.

Somehow I managed to screw things up by asking a mechanic (who is supposed to be an expert, but this guy has worked only in a tubed-tyre scenario (yeah fuck!)) to fix the puncture.

Being unaware of how exactly a tubeless tyre puncture should be fixed, I watched him remove the tyre and to my utmost bewilderment, he asked me where the fucking tube was! I took some time to educate him that it was a tubeless tyre scenario and he should know better.

Long story short, I watched him remove the valve through which we're supposed to fill air into the tubeless tyre from my rim (yeah, I learned about that only AFTER I screwed everything up) and add a tube inside the tyre.

Now it rides fine. But I got educated about the difference between tubeless and tubed tires and the safety reasons just earlier.

So my question, would I have to change the rim as well when I get a new set of tubeless tyres as the value on this one was destroyed??

#patheic.day

P.S.: One thing I'm not worried about is the tube, it was already 60% worn out on the centre area and I need to change the tube anyways. But my concern is about the rim. And at this point, I am unaware of the costs of a set of tubeless tyre and cost of a rim (if necessary).

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Well it depends on the condition of your rim. If your rim has any bends or worn outs or cracks then it is better to change it and if it seems alright no need to change it at all and please be careful about the words you use here.

Anoop Mathew

Hi guys, I have a doubt. My Dio just crossed the 13500km mark and the rear tubeless tyre I got with it got a puncture.

Somehow I managed to screw things up by asking a mechanic (who is supposed to be an expert, but this guy has worked only in a tubed-tyre scenario (yeah f**k!)) to fix the puncture.

Being unaware of how exactly a tubeless tyre puncture should be fixed, I watched him remove the tyre and to my utmost bewilderment, he asked me where the f**king tube was! I took some time to educate him that it was a tubeless tyre scenario and he should know better.

Long story short, I watched him remove the valve through which we're supposed to fill air into the tubeless tyre from my rim (yeah, I learned about that only AFTER I screwed everything up) and add a tube inside the tyre.

Now it rides fine. But I got educated about the difference between tubeless and tubed tires and the safety reasons just earlier.

So my question, would I have to change the rim as well when I get a new set of tubeless tyres as the value on this one was destroyed??

#patheic.day

P.S.: One thing I'm not worried about is the tube, it was already 60% worn out on the centre area and I need to change the tube anyways. But my concern is about the rim. And at this point, I am unaware of the costs of a set of tubeless tyre and cost of a rim (if necessary).

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Initially the tyre was tubeless. When it got punctured I turned it into tubed. Now i wanted to find out if i could change it back to tubeless.

Found the solution with a mechanic. You need a nozzle neck for the rim when you want to convert your tyre back to tubeless. This neck could be found with any local mechanic who knows the job well. Lucky for me, I found such a mechanic. Changed the tyre back to tubeless using the same rim.