Originally Posted by
Barry2
Sorry, but the extensive history of hookless and your personal use and success with them, will have no effect on my personal decision to avoid them.
With people having different body weights, tire choice, riding style and even ambient temperature, I’ll be sticking with my over half century experience with booked rims.
Barry
are you aware of how little pressure holds a bead in a hooked rim?
are you aware that all the "hook" does is keep the tire on the rim when INFLATED, and NOT when the tire loses inflation??
and how that hook only retains a tire if that minimal outward pressure is maintained?
note that the article about the "dangerous hookless rims" in the UAE Race fails to mention what the ACTUAL TIRE FAILURE was.....
no one openly warranties race failures, btw.
i have seen quite a few wink/nod warranties, though...
the tire bead kept your "hooked tires" on, not the hook.
Super supple sidewalls and Foldable bead tires have effectively ended ANY minimal advantage to a hooked rim design.
once the air exits, all bets are off.