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Why do bicycle tires have tubes and car tires don't?

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This is an understandable misconception, but I'll explain a few items for you. Your standard car tire is fit to a cast, milled or stamped metal rim with no holes save for where the valve stem is installed. read more

Tires have flats. A flat in a tire with an inner tube can be easily repaired by the roadside using hand tools and a spare tube. It is possible to put a car style tire on a bicycle, but it would be harder to get off for repair due to stiffer sidewall, and harder to fix since you have to glue a patch onto the puncture instead of swapping tubes. read more

Tires and tubes go hand-in-hand, but it can sometimes be confusing. Some tires require tubes, others don’t. Some wheels require you to run tubes, others don’t. read more

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