As we approach the 30th anniversary of the greatest trucking movie of all time, it's important to note the historical significance of “Smokey and the Bandit.” The year was 1977 and the tires were bias ...

Of course, the one I didn't try was "do things right the first time." Still, with at least three and a half correct elements out of five, I got some not-quite tubeless tires to mount and hold air. I'd ...

When we hear the word inner tube, most of us think of hot childhood days spent by the community pool or a lazy day meandering down a river on the Fourth of July. It doesn't bring to mind the tires on ...

Going tubeless for cyclocross is an attractive option for anyone tired of pinch-flatting clinchers or gluing and re-gluing (or flatting) expensive tubulars. Cyclocross Magazine has long experimented ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — For more than three decades, road bikes have rolled on clincher tires with inner tubes. They were skinny, fast and relatively easy to install. They were also prone to getting ...

If you’re a mountain biker, then you are no doubt aware of the increasing popularity of tubeless tires. For the uninitiated, these are tires that have no inner tubes, but that are instead partially ...

The wooden and metal wheels of 19th-century horse-drawn carriages started to evolve when American chemist Charles Goodyear created vulcanization, a process that made rubber stronger and more elastic.