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> L'acrobat Wrote:
>> http://www.airfreetires.com/
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>> It looks like a good idea, does anyone have experience with them?
>
> 450g per tyre - heavy!
For which tyre at which size? It's not that heavy once you get away from
the super skinny folding stuff that not everybody wants or needs.
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>> http://www.airfreetires.com/
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>> It looks like a good idea, does anyone have experience with them?
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> 450g per tyre - heavy!
For which tyre at which size? It's not that heavy once you get away from
the super skinny folding stuff that not everybody wants or needs.
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Peter Signorini
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"L'acrobat" <husky.65@delete_me.bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> http://www.airfreetires.com/
>
> It looks like a good idea, does anyone have experience with them?
>
Airless tyres are one of the RUCMs (revolving urban cycling myths), along
with shaft drives and the revolutionary pain-free saddle. We keep on seeing
them every decade or so, and a certain sector of the market manages to buy
them, only to find the answer - they don't work!
This is at least the third incarnation of airless tyres that I've seen over
the past 25 years. They are invariably heavy, give poor responsiveness and a
harsh ride or high rolling resistance. They are prone to failure and when
this happens it is rather catastrophic, not just a simple tube patch.
Fitting such tyres usually requires truck tyre levers or something worse.
But don't let me colour this new experience. Buy them and give them a go. If
they are the bees knees be sure to tell us about it. As far as my MTB is
concerned I have yet to have a puncture in the 4 years I've had it, but it
doesn't get ridden a lot. The touring bike has had about 5 or 6 in the past
2 years, but 3 were in one event over a few kms due to a poor rim strip. I'm
generally happy to rely on air in a tube.
Cheers
Peter
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> http://www.airfreetires.com/
>
> It looks like a good idea, does anyone have experience with them?
>
Airless tyres are one of the RUCMs (revolving urban cycling myths), along
with shaft drives and the revolutionary pain-free saddle. We keep on seeing
them every decade or so, and a certain sector of the market manages to buy
them, only to find the answer - they don't work!
This is at least the third incarnation of airless tyres that I've seen over
the past 25 years. They are invariably heavy, give poor responsiveness and a
harsh ride or high rolling resistance. They are prone to failure and when
this happens it is rather catastrophic, not just a simple tube patch.
Fitting such tyres usually requires truck tyre levers or something worse.
But don't let me colour this new experience. Buy them and give them a go. If
they are the bees knees be sure to tell us about it. As far as my MTB is
concerned I have yet to have a puncture in the 4 years I've had it, but it
doesn't get ridden a lot. The touring bike has had about 5 or 6 in the past
2 years, but 3 were in one event over a few kms due to a poor rim strip. I'm
generally happy to rely on air in a tube.
Cheers
Peter
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Ray Peace
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Greetings,
I have seen others using them, not always with positive
reports. The most general complaint seems to be lack of the right
resilience giving a very rough ride. Flat tyres are undoubtedly a pain,
but the pneumatic tyre still seems to be the best thing around.
Regards,
Ray.
L'acrobat wrote:
>http://www.airfreetires.com/
>
>It looks like a good idea, does anyone have experience with them?
>
>
I have seen others using them, not always with positive
reports. The most general complaint seems to be lack of the right
resilience giving a very rough ride. Flat tyres are undoubtedly a pain,
but the pneumatic tyre still seems to be the best thing around.
Regards,
Ray.
L'acrobat wrote:
>http://www.airfreetires.com/
>
>It looks like a good idea, does anyone have experience with them?
>
>
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hippy
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"mfhor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> L'acrobat Wrote:
> > http://www.airfreetires.com/
> >
> > It looks like a good idea, does anyone have experience with them?
>
> Why? I know I go faster on my pneumatic tyred bike than on my old
> trike.
>
> Why not investigate tubeless tyres if you're after a revolution in tyre
> technology? Start the move towards skinny tyred no-tube wheels.
Michelin's tubeless road tyres:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?id=tech/2004/news/feb06
Are these available yet?
TUFO also make some interesting tubeless
tubular/clincher hybrid tyres: http://www.tufo.com/
hippy
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>
> L'acrobat Wrote:
> > http://www.airfreetires.com/
> >
> > It looks like a good idea, does anyone have experience with them?
>
> Why? I know I go faster on my pneumatic tyred bike than on my old
> trike.
>
> Why not investigate tubeless tyres if you're after a revolution in tyre
> technology? Start the move towards skinny tyred no-tube wheels.
Michelin's tubeless road tyres:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?id=tech/2004/news/feb06
Are these available yet?
TUFO also make some interesting tubeless
tubular/clincher hybrid tyres: http://www.tufo.com/
hippy
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