Originally Posted by Jon_g2

I know there are a lot of people that have never had issues with hookless. There are, however, enough people that have had issues for me to stay away from them. One guy on YouTube made a perfect point about why hookless don't belong on road bikes. He said that airplane tires and car tires have been tubeless for a long time, but the beads they use are so strong and stiff that you need a huge machine to put them on and they don't go in with your hands like road bike tires. He also said that those huge tires have a metal wire in their beads to further strengthen the bead and make them safe.