SOURCES FOR AIR FREE TIRES on this page http://www.thebicyclebum.com/#extreme 1.. AIR FREE TIRES Another solid core tire company. Airless tires. 2.. GREENTYRE Tyres without air. Solid core tires. 3.. AMERITYRE Solid core tires. Airless tires. They have some road tires but mostly off-road type tires. Anybody have actual experience with these tires?
I also looked this up at google groups. The general feeling was that airless might be a little slower. Flats don't take long to fix. Mostly "We don't laike new thangs. Git away bad man!"
In order to fix a flat you have to at least carry a patch kit and I've had patches fail on me. I'm quite [censored] at that point. I also don't like getting two flats in two days and having to hunt around for bitsy little specks that must be in there chewing up my tubes. I suppose if this airless tire was to take one or two miles per hour off my speed it might be worth it to never have to bother with it again especially considering I might have to change a flat at night in the pitch dark.
SOURCES FOR AIR FREE TIRES on this pagehttp://www.thebicyclebum.com/#extreme 1.. AIR FREE TIRES Another solid core tire company. Airless tires. 2.. GREENTYRE Tyres without air. Solid core tires. 3.. AMERITYRE Solid core tires. Airless tires. They have some road tires but mostly off-road type tires. Anybody have actual experience with these tires?
I also looked this up at google groups. The general feeling was that airless might be a little slower. Flats don't take long to fix. Mostly "We don't laike new thangs. Git away bad man!"
In order to fix a flat you have to at least carry a patch kit and I've had patches fail on me. I'm quite [censored] at that point. I also don't like getting two flats in two days and having to hunt around for bitsy little specks that must be in there chewing up my tubes. I suppose if this airless tire was to take one or two miles per hour off my speed it might be worth it to never have to bother with it again especially considering I might have to change a flat at night in the pitch dark.
I have been using tires from http://www.airfreetires.com/ for about 8 years and have found them to work VERY well.
They're not going to make you any faster but, if you want to be sure that you can get to where you are going, under any kind of road or trail conditions, without getting a flat, they are definitely a great product to use.
