We have a new page about tubeless tires for bicycles. We aren’t great tubeless-tire fans and we’ll tell you why!
Tag: tyres
Tandem Updates
Pages about tandems and tandeming Sheldon Brown and family on home-built tandems[/caption] have been updated. We have more about disc brakes, brake levers, Gates synchronizing belts, and details about upgrading a cheap beach-resort tandem to ride with a child.
Inner tubes
New information has been added in our article about inner tubes on how to check for installation problems which could lead to failure of an inner tube.
More tire sizes
We’re added some bicycle tire sizes (mostly, rare Dutch sizes) to the ISO cross-reference list in our tire-sizing article. We think we have all currently available sizes covered, but if you know of others, please let us know.
Exposing and reinstalling the inner tube without removing the wheel
How to expose the inner tube for patching without removing the wheel, and how to put things back together — very useful on a bicycle where removing the wheel is difficult. This article includes videos showing how to do it step by step.
ShelBroCo Helium!
Helium weighs only 0.13 times as much as air. Imagine what it can do for your tires! Find out about ShelBroCo Helium!
Tools and supplies to work on tires
Article about tools to care for tires and inner tubes (pumps, tire removal and replacement tools, flat-fixing supplies) pulled out of the article on fixing flat tires, which was getting too long, and expanded.
Inner tubes
New article, all about inner tubes: tire fit, the three kinds of valves, pump compatibility, tips and tricks.
More tire-sizing updates
http://sheldonbrown.com/650b.html : added more info on “27 five” tires, and a photo (thanks to Aaron Goss!).
http://sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html : added several tire sizes
Update to the page on 26-inch tires
Update to the page on “26-inch” tires — there are actually 5 common tire sizes called 26-inch and if that isn’t enough one is also called “27.5” The updates cover new developments in availability, naming and tire widths.
