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Looks like the NueTech Tubliss is readily available in 18", a few guys over on Advrider are running it. Not sure about the 21".

Would be cool not to get any more pinch flats, as well as leaving those heavy spare tubes at home.
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Looks like the NueTech Tubliss is readily available in 18", a few guys over on Advrider are running it. Not sure about the 21".

Would be cool not to get any more pinch flats, as well as leaving those heavy spare tubes at home.
I've also been watching Nuetech developments; like others, hoping to go tubeless for the weight loss of heavy duty tubes and the ease of repair.

I got this reply from Jeff Douglas at the company last week:

"Thanks for your e-mail & interest.
At this time our TUbliss inserts are NOT D.O.T. approved, so we cannot recommend in any way for On-Road use. We will be looking into on-road certification early next year & hope to know more at that time."

I'll be checking back then to see; although if a 21" shows up I might try them off-road in the meantime. (I have 2 sets of wheels.)
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Non-DOT certified doesn't mean they won't work on the street, in fact some of the guys are reporting that they are doing just that with no problems. This is more of a certification (read $$$) issue.

Apparently even normal tubes are not certified by DOT, it has just never been challenged in a court (can't confirm if this is true).
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Non-DOT certified doesn't mean they won't work on the street, in fact some of the guys are reporting that they are doing just that with no problems. This is more of a certification (read $$$) issue.
I'm sure they'll work on roads up to a point but I'm planning a long trip away from my garage. I need to be sure that long-term use at highway speeds is reliable. If any of the ADvrider guys are doing extended travel on highways etc. I'd be really interested to hear of their experiences. Please post any useful links you have. Thanks, Lukas.

Meanwhile, I'm happy to wait and hopefully try them closer to home, on/off road with knobbies.
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Stephan,

I can absolutely understand, that would be critical for me as well. We'll have to wait a bit more for some long term reliability reports to come in. But just thinking about it, I don't see how road use would be a problem. Unlike mousse, which heats up - and subsequently disintegrates - at high speeds due to rubbing on the tire wall, Tubliss actually creates less heat than a normal tube. There is nothing to rub after all.

Even if you have a sudden blow out somehow, the Tubliss should hold the sidewall in place similar to the special bead on real tubeless rims.

The review by the MX magazine even mentioned that they were able to finish a race with an empty tire (not sure how that happened in the first place, though).

This is the current thread on Advrider:

Nutech TuBliss system - ADVrider


I'll post any new findings here as well.

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I also just read that they have shipped some 21" as well, the guy on Advrider has them on both ends.
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To bee honest I don’t see the point in the TuBliss-system when it comes to traveling (for me).

If the sidewall goes, you dent a rim or you get a flat you can’t plug you still need a tube. You also need a pump that can handle 110 PSI, mine don’t.

For me it looks like a system with the weakness of tubeless rims with more parts that can fail.
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