I had a puncture in my rear tyre last week which stranded me in Glencoe, about 80 miles from home. The farcical journey home was long but not worth relating here. I couldn't see anything obvious sticking in the tyre and when a little air was pumped in I could hear the hissing around the valve area, so was sure it was just a problem with the tube so I removed the wheel and took it into DG for a new tube to be fitted. I asked the workshop guy what he found and he reckons it was the inside of my (tubeless) Pirelli Angel tyre which had a rough finish and mould marks that had just worn through the tube. Wear and tear....literally. I dont do big mileage and the tubes were new when I fitted the tyres in 2010 so I dont know how concerned I ought to be about this. As tubeless tyres are not designed with inner tube fitment as a concern then the inside surface is not as smooth as they could be hence the friction wear. I dont know if other wire wheeled models may have the same issue. Anyone else had an issue like this or heard of similar with any make of tubeless tyres used with inner tubes. It's been unusually warm over here so dont know if pressures were an issue as a result, everything certainly felt normal for most of that day.
I have been used two set of Pirelli Angel ST already and I had no problems, although more recently I have put on the Fa.BA wheels.
Not an issue I've had to deal with. I replaced the OEM wheels with 5-spoke Marchesinis for lighter unsprung weight & the ability to use tubeless tyres. Using tubeless tyres does offer the option to use a plug kit in the event of a puncture - depending on which part of the tyre is punctured. Could have gone for Kineo or Alpina spoked wheels that also run tubeless tyres, but cost & ease of cleaning was also a factor.
I have heard of it happening but never had a problem myself, I've always had inner tubes and tubeless tires on my supermotos. Dust the tube and inside of the tire with french chalk, gives it a bit of lubrication to stop any rubbing. 3-4 years can be a long time for inner tubes/tyres and always by a brand eg, Michelin, Bridgestone etc.
