<VV> Wire Wheels Need tubes?

[Randy Hall]

The radial tires on my Kelsey Hayes wheels have tubes and I have never had an issue.


> On Aug 31, 2017, at 9:49 AM, Art Linden via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
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> All,
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> I bought a set of Clark's repo wire wheels.  They were vague on whether I needed to use tubes.  My tire shop said we couldn't use tubes in radial tires, and they were not needed since the wire wheels had a rubberized material covering the nipples of the wires on the inside of the wheel.  So they installed them w/o tubes.
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> Woke up this morning and one wheel is completely flat.
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> Is this just a fluke to do I really need tubes?
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> Art Linden
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