When people talk about tire condition, it feels like most of the focus is on tread patterns and sidewall strength. However, the tire bead is just as critical to your vehicle's tire safety. It's the ...

Rim protectors, rim guards, whatever you want call them-those seemingly innocent rubber ridges present on many late-model tire sidewalls that are supposed to keep the wheels from getting scuffed-may ...

If you’re a dedicated DIYer, chances are you’ve replaced a tire or two. If it’s something you do with any frequency, you ...

Schwalbe's Tire Booster is here to make seating tubeless tire beads easy. The Tire Booster was developed in collaboration with British company, Airshot. Seat tubeless tires at home, or at the parking ...

On a traditional wheel, the bead on both sides of the tire that contacts the wheel sits on a bead seat just inside the outer diameter flange of the wheel. Air pressure and friction at this interface ...