Yes but there is nothing to stop you putting a tube in. If it's a tubeless you have that option. The way it is you must use a tube. How come the new one has tubeless tims? JJH
A decent set of tyres are fitted, the local tyre specialist told me heavy duty tubes are for off road only and are only good at preventing compression punctures at low pressures, makes no difference on a road bike. Unlikely or not punctures happen, luckily when I punctured my rear a few weeks ago I managed to ride a few wiles into Wrexham and sat in a McDonnalds for 4 hours until rescue came. I realised that a similar event on a wintry evening in a more remote area could leave my freezing to death. A few years ago this almost happened, my friends 1200GS broke down and BMW assist told us we must stay with the bike, after two hours the main group of us were so cold we had to carry on leaving one poor soul with all our extra cloths in the freezing drizzle for another 2 hours. I'm to old for all this crap and if I could limp home or to a warmer safer environment by adding a bit of air I would. I cannot imagine these days anybody not on a massive round the world tour getting a set of tyre levers out and fixing a puncture at the side of the road. Its not only hard work but the bike falls off its stand if you remove the front wheel, you need to take the callipers off so make sure you have all the torx drivers, don't forget the ABS sensors etc and don't loose the spacer in the dark. Then make sure you don't cause lots of scratches and dings in the very expensive soft rims.
