Hookless tires on clincher wheels?
04-08-21, 03:36 PM
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Hookless tires on clincher wheels?
Never thought I would ask this. But I have a set of FFWD F6D wheels that I run tubeless clinchers on. I run ENVE SES tires on my hookless ENVE Foundation 45s and I love those tires. Thinking about getting some tan wall ENVE SES tires for my FFWD wheels. Would I run into issues running a hookless tire on a clincher wheel?
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04-08-21, 03:45 PM
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No issue - they're compatible with hookless or hooked rims. I can't say that I know of any tires that are only hookless.
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Hookless tires are still clinchers. Though it seems that some marketing people have forgotten that.
Some of my old Schwinn's were hookless rims with a smooth bead seat. There have been and I think still are tires that are okay by the manufacturer to be used on either. But if your tire specs say hooked bead only.... well you know. It's your risk.
I have used such tires on the smooth bead rims. They were all wire bead. Don't know whether I'd use a folding tire or not. Never bought folding tires then.
Some of my old Schwinn's were hookless rims with a smooth bead seat. There have been and I think still are tires that are okay by the manufacturer to be used on either. But if your tire specs say hooked bead only.... well you know. It's your risk.
I have used such tires on the smooth bead rims. They were all wire bead. Don't know whether I'd use a folding tire or not. Never bought folding tires then.
