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Savvy trips on two wheels • 2026-11-01 • The Frustrating Reality of Using Tubeless Tires on a Small Scooter

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Scooter 🛴

  • Total trips: 137, this week: +3
  • Total kilometers: 1338 km, this week: +29
  • Total imaginary income: \(195, this week: +\)3

I have a bit of a nuisance: the rear tire frequently loses air. It loses 5 PSI in a single day.

  • For example, I had 45 PSI
  • And the next day, only 40 PSI was left

I honestly don’t understand who came up with installing tubeless tires on a scooter and why. Maybe this approach works well on large wheels, but on small 10-inch wheels, there is practically zero sense to it. To be more precise, the main goal is probably to save on the inner rubber tube so that the user’s tires wear out faster—then they’ll try to change them, maybe break something, and end up buying a new scooter 🤔💭💸

It’s already clear that I’ll have to replace the tire sooner or later. But I haven’t done that yet—instead, I just pump it up before every trip.