Technical FAQ: Road tubeless, ceramics for carbon, and more The bead flaps of the square road tubeless beads seal against the rim humps and, in the case of a puncture and sudden loss of air, the humps work to keep the carbon-fiber beads from dropping into the rim valley (which would allow the tire to come off of the rim). Photo: Lennard Zinn | VeloNews.com Lennard Zinn answers reader questions on converting to tubeless, high thread-count tubeless tires ...
June 19, 2013 - Velo News