I've got a mountain bike and I do a lot of touring on it. Thing is I tend to go away for days on end sometimes and so end up taking camping gear. Because the bike is loaded down a bit I tend to get more punctures than I would unloaded, and changing a flaat when the bikes got luggage on it is a pain.
I was wondering whether there is such a thing as solid tyres ie. tyres that are solid rubber and have no inner tube. I know old bikes sometimes have this type of tyre but I cant say I've seen them for 26in wheel mountain bikes.
"Jeremy Watts" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Hi,
I've got a mountain bike and I do a lot of touring on it. Thing is I tend
to
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go away for days on end sometimes and so end up taking camping gear.
Because
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the bike is loaded down a bit I tend to get more punctures than I would unloaded, and changing a flaat when the bikes got luggage on it is a pain.
I was wondering whether there is such a thing as solid tyres ie. tyres
that
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are solid rubber and have no inner tube. I know old bikes sometimes have this type of tyre but I cant say I've seen them for 26in wheel mountain bikes.
I'll have to agree with Sheldon Brown's article on airless tires. I have never tried them myself, but I had a friend who had them on his litespeed, nothing to brag about other than he never had to carry a pump or fix a flat. He was definitely slower than the rest of us, until he went back to pneumatics. He would also taunt us sometimes by riding over glass. I just thought I'd point Jeremy to the link, and yes agree he should read Sheldon's article. -tom
