Someone told me thats what i need, Theres a place that sells them near me, I hate intertube tires, Any suggestions?
airless bicycle tires?
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I did try them once many years ago when I was living on an off shore island and the roads were pretty darn dreadful. From what I remember they bumped a lot and made for a harder ride as compared with pneumatic tires, but not getting punctures all the time did make up for it.
I recently bought (but have not as yet installed) some rather thick tubes that are also "slimed" for my bike. The guy was straight up with me as far as solid tires were concerned. I will be riding on dirt and desert roads that are sometimes really washes. He promised me nothing but grief with solids. Our biggest problem here in rural Northern Arizona is "goatheads". The depth to which they can puncture is well short of the thickness of an aggressive tire in conjunction with the really thick tubes. Considering that the prices were within pennies of each other he actually had no obvious cash motivated motive for steering me towards the thick walled tubes.
Every solid tire I have seen over the years rode horribly. Most feel very insecure and greasy and I never felt safe using them. I've tried just about every style, foam, solid, plastic. They ALL felt greasy and terribly unsafe.
I'll stick with x-tra thick tubes and carry a patch kit rather than feel like I'm riding two flat tires ALL the time.
I'll stick with x-tra thick tubes and carry a patch kit rather than feel like I'm riding two flat tires ALL the time.
Just say no to solid tires.....go ahead, say it!
(or you'll be sorry)
Thick quality DH inner tubes such as Maxxis, Kenda or Intense are the way to go with a quality tire and Slime if you must.
Hard tires (solid) on bikes are akin to the old rock wheels on skateboards...."just say NO"!
(or you'll be sorry)
Thick quality DH inner tubes such as Maxxis, Kenda or Intense are the way to go with a quality tire and Slime if you must.
Hard tires (solid) on bikes are akin to the old rock wheels on skateboards...."just say NO"!
I've used the airless tubes and the airless tires in the past. Mine went straight to the trash it was a waste of money in my experience.
I mounted mine on a pedal bike first before trying them on my Motorized Bicycle. As bad as they were on a pedal bike no way would I have ever mounted them on a motorized bicycle.
I mounted mine on a pedal bike first before trying them on my Motorized Bicycle. As bad as they were on a pedal bike no way would I have ever mounted them on a motorized bicycle.
I would say anything solid, airless or semi-pneumatic as far as tires and/or tubes for bicycles is a complete waste of money and time.
Tubeless is fine if you can use that application in the limited supply of what's offered now, but I'll stick to what works for me.
Tubeless is fine if you can use that application in the limited supply of what's offered now, but I'll stick to what works for me.
Was looking at some old photos and I forgot about the Rugged cycle that had solid tires lol.
These tires did okay but I do remember after about 4 months chunks of the tire started to come off. These are the only solid tires that I had any luck with it. Still, I would prefer air tires over the solid. I did put a lot of miles on those solid tires.
Video of Rugged cycle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHAoO7L8glQ&list=UUOpY8mwJ0pUp2qU_8PH7qjA
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Its called tubeless and most bike shops sell it in a kit. Your standerd wheel needs to be made to go this way.its not cheap eather
That reminds me back when I was a kid I filled my inner tubes on my Stingray up with water (not easy), to try and combat leaky tubes plus just to see what it would be like. Of course it was impossible to completely fill them, it had quite the surge going down the road.
Holy toledo I bet that was a squeaky ride! " Jeff ran out of WD 40 and now you can hear him coming from a mile away"There is of course the WW1 era German springwheel...........
