Solid verses pneumatic

[SkipdiverJohn]

Unpressurised tyres (more accurate as they are not generally truly solid) have their uses, but like everything in engineering there are compromises involved. For some users, total protection from punctures is the most important criteria, which means they will accept the trade-off but most riders tend to accept the occasional flat as the price you pay for not having your fillings shaken out. Those of use who run the likes of Marathon or M+ get a pretty good deal overall because we still get a fairly decent ride and yet flats are extremely rare occurrences.
I had an old secondhand solid rubber tyred single speed bike as a small boy and the ride was boneshaking. I didn't care back then, as small boys don't. It was a bike and any bike, no matter how rough, was better than having no bike.

 

[DRM]

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, the only place for a solid tyre is a forklift truck

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, the only place for a solid tyre is a forklift truck

Even they don't always have solid tyres, especially the larger rough terrain models.

 

[DRM]

Even they don't always have solid tyres, especially the larger rough terrain models.

No, not always but the vast majority run solids, the amount of cr*p in most yards leads to constant punctures, and the ride is actually horrible on pneumatics, they just seem to wallow, the other benefit is that you can get the tread recut in them until they’re worn out, usually th likes of JCB Telehandlers or the similar telescopic boom Manitou’s found on building sites/farms run pneumatic tyres

 

[fossyant]

Well people are trying things I take my hat to people that try.

There is trying and there is stupidity.

 

[DRM]

There is trying and there is stupidity.

I don’t think there’s enough volume in a bike tyre for the sponge/foam layer to offer that much cushioning, hence why they just don’t really work comfort wise, it’s impossible to get them to offer a comparable ride to pneumatic tyres

 

[HLaB]

I've one of these for the commute, its great in some ways but its a cr@p ride.

 

[KnittyNorah]

I've one of these for the commute, its great in some ways but its a cr@p ride.

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Ah! So it was spring-WHEELED Jack who scared me as a child, not spring-HEELED Jack - that explains a lot!

 

[Biker man]

There is trying and there is stupidity.

Stupidity is not trying.

 

[classic33]

Unpressurised tyres (more accurate as they are not generally truly solid) have their uses, but like everything in engineering there are compromises involved. For some users, total protection from punctures is the most important criteria, which means they will accept the trade-off but most riders tend to accept the occasional flat as the price you pay for not having your fillings shaken out. Those of use who run the likes of Marathon or M+ get a pretty good deal overall because we still get a fairly decent ride and yet flats are extremely rare occurrences.
I had an old secondhand solid rubber tyred single speed bike as a small boy and the ride was boneshaking. I didn't care back then, as small boys don't. It was a bike and any bike, no matter how rough, was better than having no bike.

Nexo tyre appear solid enough.

Green Welly's were another solid tyre.
I'd to cut it to remove it from the wheel.

 

[fossyant]

There is simple physics. Folding wheels/solid tyres aren't as good as the current alternatives. Please go buy the folding wheel bike and let us know.

 

[classic33]

Stupidity is not trying.

Stupidity is trying what's been tried already and found wanting the last time it was tried.

 

[fossyant]

Stupidity is trying what's been tried already and found wanting the last time it was tried.

Stupidly re-inventing the wheel.

 

[classic33]

Stupidly re-inventing the wheel.

Ferenc Pavlics did just that for NASA, who's research is being used for smart tyre.

 

[KnittyNorah]

Stupidity is not trying.

Stupidity, though, is extremely trying.