Experience on airless tires/tyres: Tannus, Nexo or alike?
12-22-21, 01:51 AM
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Experience on airless tires/tyres: Tannus, Nexo or alike?
Anyone has experiences using airless tires/tyres on your foldie? eg. Tannus, Nexo or alike? what's the pro and con? are they worth it?
12-22-21, 10:50 AM
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Airless tires have been a standard on Mobike share bikes in China. These bikes have been klutzy and whether you had pneumatic or airless tire might be hard to notice. I think these tires would be OK on a folder meant for occasional use with short rides, however they would likely become a hassle in more extended use with longer rides.
12-22-21, 09:17 PM
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Special situation: specifics will vary, but packing a bike (any bike, not specifically folders), deflating tires can result in an easier fit. With airless tires, this option is lost. Depending on your situation, this may be irrelevant.
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12-23-21, 01:53 AM
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Tannus makes a tyre insert; it goes in the tyre and you fit a slim inner tube (like road tyre size) so that the insert take care of most puncture while the inner tube deals with the comfort.
i m going to try them on my gravel bike because thorn ps are annoying…
i m going to try them on my gravel bike because thorn ps are annoying…
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Tannus airless tire review
“Save your money” Do not buy the Tannus airless solid foam tires. The tires are awesome at providing flat resistance, but they are approximately 30% slower than normal rubber tires and tubes. Here’s the kicker, they barely absorb shock and it feels like you are riding on the rims and after a 30-40 mile ride your neck and hands are numb from the lack of shock absorption. Tannus says ride them for 100 miles and they will soften up. Not true, I used them for 6 months and no change. My remedy, I have had to remove the Tannus tire and go to a heavy duty all condition tire for flat protection.
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