Seems to be still across the board with wire wheels except for Beemers.
Clearly this doesn't bother other people as it does me, else everyone would be doing as BMW does.
A split tube left me stranded five hours along the interstate in Arkansas one time, no tubes to split in a tubeless tire, and most punctures can be fixed enough to get you home with a simple tire rivet kit.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
