Tubolito unveils 'world's first smart inner tube' and 35g gravel tubes too

I'm not going to buy one, but the benefit of remote sensing is that you don't let a bit of air out each time you check it. With a regular gauge, checking the pressure changes the value you are trying to measure. 

What would you do with pressure information on your Garmin during the ride? If it's going down over an hour or two, I don't need any sort of gauge to notice that.

It's not something I'd pay 40 quid for personally (I guess 80 for both wheels x no. of bikes), but my thinking was a low pressure alert similar to my car. Without it, maybe you'd notice the drop in pressure immediately, maybe you wouldn't notice until the wheels squirm when cornering/breaking... 

Fair point about letting a bit of air out when checking with a conventional gauge - though I find I need to pump my tires up regularly anyway!

All these sharp bits of plastic and metal sitting next to the inner tube. Article mentions the board not getting damaged by drops, how about the tube being damaged by the board?

Do you really think that the board leaned to the tube will be the board to be built in together with the tube?
I bet this is just a illustration, and the product is far from ready.

I thought you were going to say it would tell you when you when it was time for something else...

Now there's a Kickstarter idea. The tech is already available. I could install it in a saddle cover/shorts, Bluetooth the data to a phone screen, and you could experiment with different saddles/angles/riding position to minimise discomfort.

https://pressureprofile.com/sensors/tactarray

How about you take the chip out of one of these and pop it in your tubeless? You'd need to fins a way to secure it out of harms way, but I don't see whybit wouldn't work. Can't see the sealant bothering it.

Trickytree1984 wrote:

Pressure sensor inside the tyre is something I've wanted someone to build for a while. But for tubeless and that will communicate with a Garmin Nice idea, shame about the execution

I think the marketable product would be a valve for tubeless with the sensor built in? Much like modern car tyre valves.

That actually sounds like something that could work.

I laughed at this and then double checked a couple of my spare tubes which were disc only due to heat 

Good job you don't do long descents on rim brakes then.

Any pictures of the box ?

"Thumb test" is notoriously unreliable. I can also see the advantage of this over a pressure gauge, especially when out and about - most people keep their phone on them all the time, but who carries around a pressure gauge?

Most people who have set up their tyres tubeless also carry around a spare tube or two, just in case they get a puncture that won't seal. Part of the selling point of the Tubolito is it is small and light to carry around as a spare.

There's also the argument that people who are on the fence about tubeless might give this a go - I'm not going to comment on how much is marketing versus real, but lower weight, more supple, and fewer punctures than a conventional butyl tube are the same reasons many people choose tubeless, so if you can get similar benefits with less faff then I can see the appeal.

The pressure gauge is on my pump.

If the tyre has gone down by enough that it is causing or about to cause a problem, I think I'd notice !

In what way is it unreliable? You press a tyre if it squidges alot probably time to put more air in, if not you are good to go.