Originally Posted by
msu2001la
I think it's the wheels that have gotten better, more so than the tires. .
I don't think that is entirely true. I have been riding my Campagnolo Shamal 2-way fit wheels for 12 years now and have seen a big improvement in the tires since the days when Hutchinson Fusion2 was the only tubeless tire you could buy. From the start, apart from the first set of tires I have installed, I have never needed any tool for installation, even the 2 occasions when I had to install inner tubes on the side of the road. My current Fusion5 all season were shockingly easy to mount, even easier than the same tire in a tube type version I installed on my other bike which has Campagnolo Neutron wheels which are not tubeless compatible