air-free tires

saturnsc2 said:

does anyone here know about these tires? anybody use them? if so, how do they compare to air tires? here is a website to their manufacturer: airfreetires.comairfreetires.comOpen ↗ they sound to good to be true. i never heard of air-free tires. yeah, i know about the hard rubber tires on child's bikes, ect, but these sound like different tires. i have an old huffy 10-speed bicycle that i ride on the city streets alot. the problem is that there is a lot of glass/debris near the curb--the very place i ride, & these air-free tires sound like the perfect solution to flat tires which i just got last night & had to push the bike 8 miles home!

Never heard of that brand specifcally. Every review I've read for any airless tire invaribly says they ride like a jack-hammer though. I would expect these are the same.

At 450 gm they're not exactly light weight (the one I looked at). A good road tire weighs ~200gm, add 70 for a tube. Also, the site lists 90 psi for the road tire I looked at, that's quite a bit lower than a clincher. For that reason you'd expect more rolling resistance. I'd be concerned about their rolling resistance in general... Have you found any reviews, perhaps at roadbikereview.com?