Modern drivers take it for granted that a puncture usually means a slow leak and a quick plug, not a violent blowout at highway speed. That calm stability is the product of a quiet revolution in tire ...

The wooden and metal wheels of 19th-century horse-drawn carriages started to evolve when American chemist Charles Goodyear created vulcanization, a process that made rubber stronger and more elastic.

Tubeless tires are the norm for most off-road disciplines now after decades of refinement. The big advantage is fewer flat tires and low rolling resistance. The former is from the reduction of pinch ...

If you’re a mountain biker, then you are no doubt aware of the increasing popularity of tubeless tires. For the uninitiated, these are tires that have no inner tubes, but that are instead partially ...