TU bliss tyre system

[Night Falcon]

Hi Guys
I tend to run lower pressures on my Beta 498, 8-10 psi front and 6- 8 PSI rear, the big benefit of having the TuBliss bead lock it locks to the tyre and rim right around, on a ride a few weeks ago up the Clyde river with all my gear on board my tyre pressure was 6psi in the front and rear, the tyre moulded around the rocks giving plenty of traction without the risk of rim damage.

Does running those low pressures have a noticeable impact on your tire life getting too and from the trails? Or do you stop deflate then pump them up for the road bitz?

[Trials Rider]

Does running those low pressures have a noticeable impact on your tire life getting too and from the trails? Or do you stop deflate then pump them up for the road bitz?

Hard to tell because I don't know what I would have got if the pressures where higher, I deflate them at the end of the road for the trail ride day or weekend ADV ride and then a couple of minutes at the end to pump them up (if I am not tired or feeling lazy)

If I am going for a blat from home out to the waimak (5kms) on an unloaded bike I will leave from here with 6psi Rear, 8psi front.

[puddytat]

I've got grip......lots & lots of grip.....less skidz & more wheelies.
Easy as to mount the TUbliss...& using the tyre that came off the rim doesn't seem to be an issue with leaking.
I did put some sealant around the liner & the tyre beads though....& will probably put some in the Tyre itself at some point.
So it seems to do everything its 'sposed to, though Im unsure of exactly what psi I ended up with as my gauges are a tad different so I think somewhere between 6-10 psi. Doesn't help much though on ice.....
So cheers motomox trialsrider ,& I can see a front in my future.The spoke weights are good too.

[Transalper]

Stop it, I'm trying to stop my spending..... but I do like traction.

[flashg]

Stop it, I'm trying to stop my spending..... but I do like traction.

Think of the traction at Dalethorpe trail ride

[puddytat]

Think of Trials like traction......

[Takataka]

Sounds good.

Just had a look at the main product website

It says "for offroad use only". Is this just because it's not certified for road use, because they don't want to be blamed in the case of an accident related to failure of the product or is there some real reason why it's not suitable for long miles on the road?

Also it says to use 0-10 psi in the tire. I assume this is just to get good off road tracktion and you can use much higher pressures if you are doing road miles?

[puddytat]

Sounds good.

Just had a look at the main product website

It says "for offroad use only". Is this just because it's not certified for road use, because they don't want to be blamed in the case of an accident related to failure of the product or is there some real reason why it's not suitable for long miles on the road?

Also it says to use 0-10 psi in the tire. I assume this is just to get good off road tracktion and you can use much higher pressures if you are doing road miles?

I think its because its from the land of the free & the home of the lawsuit.....& they are quite rightly trying to avoid the possibility of litigation if Joe Muppet tries to get his knee down on 6psi on the way home.

I think that the product is more than up to doing the speed limit because a lot of fellas in the states dessert race with these & they are probably doing pretty high speeds tapped out in top across knarly terrain.
No worries running your normal road pressure as the tyre is still the same just without the tube. The TUbliss liner is really just a massive rimlock that protects your rim.....& as such its pressure is to support the rim & to exert the 100psi against the tyre bead so that the tyre bead itself, is what makes the tyre airtight against the outer rim The liner itself, becomes what makes the drop centre where the spokes are , airtight. Not the rim tape, which is to protect the inner bladder from the spokes, just like you have a rubber thingy in the drop with a tube.

So I think we're sweet au

Balancing may be a consideration though....

[pete-blen]

If you are running sensable pressures you should be ok
infact with out a tube the tyre should run cooler..

i would like to try a couple in the TTR....


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[pete-blen]

just found this forum discussion on the tublis system

http://www.woodsracer.com/portal/for...uetech-Tubliss

[NordieBoy]

There's a good thread on advrider about using them on adventure bikes.

[puddytat]

http://advrider.com/index.php?thread...ockies.881324/

[NordieBoy]

http://advrider.com/index.php?thread...e-bike.560599/

[Trials Rider]

Hi All

Well it is the same every time on forums, the I don't own one, I am an expert because I have never tried it arm chair critics are always there putting their 10 cents worth in which in fact is worth less than 2 cents, it often comes from complete guess work which is not fair on any product but it is the nature of forums, anyone can be a key board expert.

I run the tubliss in my GasGas EC300 and my Beta 498 front and rear and I guess the first thing I would ask is would I go back to tubs, well the simple answer is no and the complicated answer is still no.

I love the tubliss, it answers so many problems associated with lower tyre pressure like pinch flats, ripping out valve stems, traction, bike stability at lower pressures and the list goes on, so many riding scenarios are just better when you tyre is completely held in place allowing the tread to do what it is designed for, mould for traction.

Just to try it out I pulled the valve out of the tyre side of the tubliss, so 100psi in the tubliss and effectively an open hole in my tyre 0 psi, I then went for a ride at 100kph to see how it was, was it as nice as having 10psi in the tyre, no, was it still completely ridable to get home at open road speed, yes totally, I did this will all my gear on the back which is worst case scenario and it was fine to ride, with the bike unloaded it was no issue at all.

So I guess after this big rant I am pleased with the Tubliss, it does everything I thought it would and a lot more I didn't think of.

[puddytat]

I had my first decent ride on mine yesterday, through mud, clay, tree roots, tree litter, rocks that are sharp & edgy , swept gravel road, freshly graded & deep gravel road & shiny tarseal crap country road. And a few stream crossings.
.................it was awwwsum. Everywhere.

And a way plusher ride....