This being a kickstarter makes it a non-starter for me but it looks pretty promising: Hopefully they work great and become popular.
This being a kickstarter makes it a non-starter for me but it looks pretty promising: Hopefully they work great and become popular.
Yeah, if I weren’t having my tubes replaced every few weeks, if that, last year from nails and blowouts… at $20-25 a pop, I wouldn’t have went with tubeless (solid foam) tires. But, these ride well enough for ~$100-125 for the set and $35-50 for the install.
Sure, I guess I could get some more practice in on street repair, but meh. This is easier.
Have you looked at puncture-resistant tires like Schwalbe Marathon?
The foam ones I bought are pretty awesome, so far. And they’re light weight enough for me as an amateur. I’ve been a long time runner, and recently moved to biking to continue my cardio without the hard impact of running.
Now, I’m not some fancy runner, either. Just for fitness. On my ‘in season’ I could get 20-30 miles a week, or in ‘off seasons’ 5 miles. 😂🤦♂️
But, regardless these foam ones I got are pretty decent and allow me to drive on my shitty inner city roads (with tons of gentrification construction and nails from that) without worry. Granted, I moved to what we call ‘the beltline’ after I got the new tires… but, either way, you can’t puncture foam. 😂🤷♂️
What are they called?
Exactly- I’ve been riding a $50 pair of Marathon Mondials for 5 years without a puncture, and the tech is well proven . Anyway, a sidewall cut in these new tyres is still going to allow the tyre to fill with water and road crud, so you are still going to have to repair bigger punctures anyway. Seems like an expensive solution looking for a problem.