Originally Posted by
datlas
I am not really paying too much attention to the tubeless chatter, but I did not realize that a HOOKLESS rim (which are becoming more popular) must be used with tubeless and NOT tubed tires. At least that's what a GCN video told me.
Is that true? I wonder if availability of hooked rims will decrease and force us all to tubeless, similar to what happened with disc brakes becoming "standard" on new road bikes?
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Two new hookless wheelsets have been introduced, but (among manufacturers of any significance) we're still probably able to count all of the available models on one hand - saying that they're becoming more popular is a bit of an over-sell.
That said, my Zipps are one of those new models. Yeah, you can only run them with tubeless tires, though you don't have to run them tubeless - you can stuff a tube in to those tubeless tires if you really want to.
In short, it's way too early to say that hookless will supplant hooked - I think that it'll take more time for wider/lower pressure to gain necessary traction before that could possibly happen - and I think that hooked options would still be around for a long time. But, even if Big Bicycle forces hookless upon you, you can still be a
and toss in a tube.