Touring - Doing a reasonable length tour, airfree tyres?

Hello all

A couple of us are doing a 1000 mile tour of the UK (The old John o'Groats-Lands End one) this summer. I like the sound of doing it with no punctures, but am a little reticent about using these "Airless" tyres.

Does anyone actually know anything about them that isn't spam or baseless opinion? With all respect, please only reply if you have used them/worked on them/ or know people who have directly.

many thanks

crockodillopig

Might be an idea to do a search on the forums on this one, there have been quite a few threads (just remember to ignore Vlad the Spammer). To be honest I'm a little skeptical about them. They've been around for years but have never really caught on. I tend to think if they'd been as good as they're made out to be, the idea of flat free riding would be a little more popular. Of course, that's just my own, baseless opinion. ;)

With all respect, please only reply if you have used them/worked on them/ or know people who have directly.
I understand that you are looking for people with direct experience, but I think you will find that there are no serious cyclists with direct experience with them. I haven't tried them because I've never heard anything good to say about them for long distance riding outside of the manufacturers web sites.

Best of luck on John o'Groats to Lands End. Should be a great trip!

I have never used them either. However I can recommend some normal tyres. You don't say which type of bike you are riding, so here are a few that have been very good for me. Michelin Wildgrip City 26x1.5 for MTB, no flats in 5 years. Michelin Pro Race for road bikes, expensive, 2 punctures in 2years. Continental GP3000 a bit cheaper, 1 puncture in 3 years.

Sounds like a good ride, good luck.

CHEERS.

Mark

Hi all

Yep sorry to have brought up what seems to be about the least popular topic in the cycling world, I had a proper look around the forum and have made the (probably most sensible) decision to to it the old fashioned, tried and tested, inflatable way. I am sure I will manage with the extra weight of a couple of extra tubes. :p

I promise I will never speak of them again

Thanks for the tip

No offence taken dude. As I recall, it was Vlad who was the problem, rather than the topic.