Modern drivers take it for granted that a puncture usually means a slow leak and a quick plug, not a violent blowout at ...

Apart from their tendency to burst when stabbed with glass whilst inflated to 120psi (over 8-atmospheres), bicycle inner-tubes are otherwise almost indestructible. At the same time, they're very easy ...

Removing an inner tube for repair or replacement can sometimes be a real fight but with a bit of patience and a few pro tips, you can make things a lot easier for yourself. Our tech team are switching ...

“Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door,” opined the nineteenth-century American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson. Almost. His actual quote is less pithy—“If a man can make ...

Don’t throw away your old bike inner tubes: Use them to make something instead. Old, punctured rubber tubes are the secret MacGyver tool lurking in almost everybody’s tool box, and here at the Lab we ...

All of my own bikes are fitted with inner tubes, and part of my job is to test bikes for a living. At the very least, that tells you something about my preferences when it comes to tyres. The dark ...

If you’re a cyclist that lives in an area with poorly-maintained infrastructure, you’ll likely have plenty of punctured inner tubes begging for reuse. Consider crafting them into a rugged, ...

Car tires didn't always look like they do today. The switch from inner tubes to a tubeless design was a big step forward in how vehicles handle the road.