Liners For Tubeless Road bikes

[Jonmalka]

Hi. I’m transitioning to Tubeless on my road bike. I have been recommended the Vittoria Air Liner. But the reviews are pretty mixed. Any recommendations? Do I need liners? If so, which one? I’m thinking of installing Continental 30 on both front and back. Thanks!!

[WindWarrior]

my opinion here:

Tubeless Tires: the call-a-friend solution to flats?

My first experience with Vittoria AirLiner road inserts: [image] More importantly, my scariest flats have been in the mountains above 25mph. First was with Conti GP4KSII tires and tubes at about 35mph: [image] rudely interrupted a ~16 minute HC descent (~3200’ / 975m descent). Tubes Could have been a total disaster - with tubes or tubeless - but I brought the bike to a controlled stop. Thats why I use inserts. The safety of tubulars without the hassle.

and the post that follows.

[Joe]

@WindWarrior

my opinion here:

My first experience with Vittoria AirLiner road inserts: [image] More importantly, my scariest flats have been in the mountains above 25mph. First was with Conti GP4KSII tires and tubes at about 35mph: [image] rudely interrupted a ~16 minute HC descent (~3200’ / 975m descent). Tubes -1 Could have been a total disaster - with tubes or tubeless - but I brought the bike to a controlled stop. Thats why I use inserts. The safety of tubulars without the hassle.

and the post that follows.

Same. They require extra effort but the run flat function and safety make it worth it for me.

Joe

[Matte86]

Same here as well
Even with hooked wheels the small weight penalty and the initial effort to install them are well worth

[ArHu74]

I went through the pain again last evening to change my tyre with liner. It’s always a horrible job, refilling sealant can be a pain too and you don’t really notice any benefit until you realise what could happen without them. So I keep going through the hassle and dare I say it getting better at it too.

Someone else here recommended fillmore tubeless valves and I think that these probably make life with airliners a little bit better

[Jonmalka]

Thanks for the responses so far! Any particular brand that you would recommend?