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Solid verses pneumatic
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KnittyNorah
Über Member
- Location
- The Frozen North (of England)
Ok, if you prefer, stupidity is really trying.
Alex321
Veteran
- Location
- South Wales
It is just as stupid to keep re-trying things that have been tried time and time again and always found wanting.
Silly
You wouldn't need a bell as pedestrians would hear you coming a mile away.
KnittyNorah
Über Member
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- The Frozen North (of England)
Here are some lovely colourful solid tyres!
Not expensive and I'm sure they'd be excellent for brightening up your winter rides. Someone here on CC has even bought some recently and posted about them ...
Not expensive and I'm sure they'd be excellent for brightening up your winter rides. Someone here on CC has even bought some recently and posted about them ...
You said it
Well join in Bollo🤠
- Location
- London
I had a bike with solid tyres as a young kid. It's true that I never wore them out but I don't think I rode it much - probably just up and down the street.
I remember it being pretty uncomfortable even for those rides.
A dead end - while we still have air.
I remember it being pretty uncomfortable even for those rides.
A dead end - while we still have air.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Solid tyres seem like an excellent idea - but no-one has yet found a material that can be used with any reasonable level of success for a normal bicycle
No reason to stop trying - but if I had a few grand of my own money to spare and someone came and told me about this wonderfulnew compound that would make a solid bike tyre that rides like an air filled one - and has the same rolling resistance - then I would have a lot of questions before I invested my money
No reason to stop looking - but it would have to be totally different material and most 'new revolutionary startups' just use something similar to the old stuff
Still - if anyone finds that great new product - I would be glad to know!
No reason to stop trying - but if I had a few grand of my own money to spare and someone came and told me about this wonderfulnew compound that would make a solid bike tyre that rides like an air filled one - and has the same rolling resistance - then I would have a lot of questions before I invested my money
No reason to stop looking - but it would have to be totally different material and most 'new revolutionary startups' just use something similar to the old stuff
Still - if anyone finds that great new product - I would be glad to know!
Ajax Bay
Guru
- Location
- East Devon
There's an oblique 'appeal to authority' for you, as well as a 'blast from the past'.
For the OP, @racingroadkill (once OTP) had many firmly held (some erroneous and wayward) lines of chat, a self-assessed superior understanding of almost everything, an unwillingness to explain the basis of his propositions, and a crab-like preference to double down. But he was 'solid' on this topic: his practical experience and derived knowledge of Tannus tyres was valuable, imho.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
The OP is just going to keep on and on. We've said why they aren't as good. He should try them, probably wouldn't notice too much with his electric assist, until he lost traction and slid off. For a 'normal' bike they make life hard work and uncomfortable.
I have a feeling he will carry on trolling his own thread.
I have a feeling he will carry on trolling his own thread.
raleighnut
Legendary Member
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- One of the 'Elite'
I wouldn't even fit em to the Trike, that's slow enough already. 
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Tanus is do a range of solid tyres in different colours.
YouTube have plenty of videos about solid tyres. Some like them and some don't. They seem to be a bit like marmite.
YouTube have plenty of videos about solid tyres. Some like them and some don't. They seem to be a bit like marmite.