AWESOME!!!
Won't have to pay $1 anymore for "free" air at the corner gas station! Heck, wont have to check my tire pressures every week either! Hope they make these in sizes for kids bikes,... could never keep up on kids bikes. :?
They'll likely be too costly for the "Big Box" buyers,... cheaper to jus get a low cost skin and tube next to the bike rack. Or jus get another bargain bike of the rack istself!!!
Surely they'll cushion rims plenty for most others,... AND NO MORE FLATS!!!! Could be a big hit in the market today!!!
eCue said:
The top speed will drop and it might feel softer then i'd prefer but having no flats for the life of the tire is pretty damn hard to resist. My next tire purchase might be a set of these .
From link - Schwalbe’s Airless System tyres offer a lifetime of some 10,000 kilometers at regular use without maintenance. With a ride feel of 3.5 bar / 50 psi
Caught a nail in the first week of putting on Schwalbe lansdcruisers with some thick tubes. Luckily it didn't leak until I got home. So far two months without a flat , not that good
I've had a Schwalbe Big Apple and Schwalbe Tubes around the rim of my DD Hub for 2yrs now,.... took a HUGE 3"x1 1/4" industrial staple into the tread last year. Somehow the sharp chisel point deflected on the well inflated carcass and exited the sidewall looking like it was stapled from the inside!!! But no critical penetration, no leak, no serious damage but for the two puncture cuts that I watch closely for any signs of impending failure,... but none for worse yet. Yup,.. 2ys of glass shards, sand spurs, goatheads, pot-holes, and assorted road-shoulder junk,... and not a flat or failure yet!
So I'm not so sure I'll try these before another Big Apple or one of their other quality tires. Besides, hear it takes special equipment to install 'em anyway. Heck, gotta ping spokes every week and check bolts and cables and such,... checkin' air pressure isn't much more.
But they look like they are MUCH improved over past semi-pneumatic or solid tires.