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 ...

This might seem elementary – almost not worth mentioning – except for the fact that many riders (myself included) have been running tires designed for use with tubes without tubes many years. There’s ...

Traditional tubular tires continue to rule the roost at the top levels of cyclo-cross racing, and for good reason: the wheels and tires are lighter, the casings tend to be suppler and do a better able ...

Road tubeless setup can seem like a bit of a dark art to the uninitiated, but the technology has improved massively in recent years. Here, we demystify the process and explain exactly how to set up ...

Tubeless tire technology is nothing new. In fact, it’s been industry-standard in the mountain bike world for a while now. It’s taken the road cycling industry longer to embrace the upgrade, but ...

Traditional tubular tires continue to rule the roost at the top levels of cyclo-cross racing, and for good reason: the wheels and tires are lighter, the casings tend to be suppler and do a better able ...