Why do car tires not need a tube or liquid sealant but bicycle tires do?

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Why do car tires not need a tube or liquid sealant but bicycle tires do?

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Bicycle wheels have spokes, which make it really hard to be airtight without some sort of sealant. A tubeless car wheel, the defacto standard for years, is smooth and reasonably easy to seal against the ‘lip’ of the wheel when it is inflated.

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