Tube vs Tubeless
Choose tubeless for alloy wheels. Tube tyres are mainly for spoke wheels.
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Choose tubeless for alloy wheels. Tube tyres are mainly for spoke wheels.
Front provides steering control while the rear delivers traction and power.
Always use the manufacturer's recommended tyre size.
Replacing both tyres together improves grip, balance and braking.
Tubeless tyres lose air gradually during punctures, making them safer.
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What riders ask us most often at the Chromepet workshop.
Our quote always includes fitting, balancing and a new valve where needed, and bike tyre pricing shifts with the manufacturer's monthly scheme. A bare number on a web page would not be the number you actually pay. Send an enquiry or a WhatsApp message with your bike model and we will give you one all-in figure straight away.
It can be done with a proper sealing band, and we do fit them — but be honest with yourself about the trade-off. On a Classic 350 or a Himalayan it works well and is genuinely safer on the highway. On a badly dented or corroded rim it will weep air forever. We inspect the rim first and tell you plainly whether it is worth doing on your bike.
Ideally yes, but rears wear roughly twice as fast, so most riders go through two rears to one front. That is fine. What is not fine is a brand-new rear against a five-year-old, glazed front — the grip mismatch is exactly what catches riders out in the wet. We will measure both and tell you which actually needs changing.
A commuter rear typically covers 18,000–25,000 km and the front rather more. A soft, sporty compound may only manage 10,000 km — that is the price of the grip. Replace at 1.5 mm of tread by law; in Chennai's monsoon we would say 2 mm. Rubber also ages, so a tyre over five years old should be inspected regardless of tread.
Yes — 4.00-8, 4.50-10 and 4.00-10 in 6 PR and 8 PR from Apollo, CEAT and MRF, for Bajaj RE, Piaggio Ape and TVS King. Fleet operators get standing monthly rates and we keep a record of each vehicle so we can call you before a set runs out rather than after.
We do — mushroom-plug repairs on tubeless tyres and tube replacement on tube-type. What we will not do is repair a sidewall puncture or a hole in the shoulder; that tyre is finished and no honest workshop will patch it. If the damage is in the central tread and under 6 mm, you will be riding again in fifteen minutes.
Send us your model, or a photo of the sidewall, and we will tell you exactly which tyre fits — front, rear, tube or tubeless — with one all-in price.