Road bike wheels can be inflated using a number of different methods. Butyl inner tubes, TPU inner tubes and tubeless sealant ...

Inner tubes used to give you a binary choice of tubes made of butyl rubber, which were heavier, bulkier and offered higher rolling resistance, but held air pretty well; or latex tubes, which were ...

Tubeless tyre technology first swept through mountain biking before taking over gravel, where the ability to run wide tyres at low pressure with little puncture risk is increasingly valuable. Among ...

Pirelli’s signature yellow thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) inner tubes now have an “RS” version to match their top-of-the-line tube-type road bike tires…like the P-Zero Race RS launched in March. The ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Getting a flat tire while you are driving can be a very dangerous and frightening experience. Over the years, three different technologies ...

Tubeless mountain bike tires certainly improve on their conventional counterparts, but could they perform even better? The OPTIS insert is claimed to help them do so, by serving as an inflatable ...

All of my own bikes are fitted with inner tubes, and part of my job is to test bikes for a living. At the very least, that tells you something about my preferences when it comes to tyres. The dark ...

In the latest edition of the INDEX Newsletter promoting the leading nonwovens exhibition which next takes place in Geneva, Switzerland, from May 19-26 2026, one of the most well hidden and little ...