No-Mor Flats Still Available!
 

At Amazon!

http://www.amazon.com/Bell-No-Mor-Fl...9673870&sr=8-1


Some cons:

• difficult to install
• extra weight to push pedals
• hard on wheels with loose spokes
• negative feedback from LBS and true aficionados

Some benefits:

• no more flat tires
• lasts indefinitely
• maintains same pressure
• to tubes, patch kits, or pumps to carry
• eyes free to see the scenery instead of glued to the street

Given the few flats I've had in the past 15 years, I'll stick with what I've been using.

Can't see any Pros to adding weight to the wheels.

Had a mate that used this in his tyres on his daily commute but one day came in with a flat tyre. The stuff he had in his tubes had worked as they were 8 places where the gunge in his tubes had stuck the tube to the tyre. Cost him a new tyre and tube.

I may be lucky in that I don't get many flats and can't see a reason to use any of the many flat preventatives that are available.

I"ve gone for over 20,000 miles without a flat. Exactly how would these things benefit me?

Paul

Watch out for the flat fairy. And I have gone almost 200 miles without a flat!!

I don't have a lot of flats either, but I sympathesize with people who live in goat-head country.

Options would be:

- super-thick tires
- super-thick tubes (such as the product linked to above)
- Slime
- tire liners

IMHO, all are best avoided and have significant downsides unless you are having a lot of flats.

No Mor Flats is not a new to the market product. I still have two of the airless inserts hanging out in my garage.

I had tried them several years ago in some 'Home-made' studded tires. They were a major PIA. The biggest issue I had was they tended to roll off the side of the rear rim as I was riding. I did get through a few winters with one in the front wheel though.

I personally don't recommend them.

God, those things are awful! I installed some 30 years ago in NYC. The spoke heads didn't have air pressure on them any more, so the spokes loosened up, and the wheels self-destructed. Also, the ride is awful. The customers were desperate to be free of flats, but this is a bad approach.

The original US supplier based in Ohio went out of business a couple of years ago.

Rode at least three straight years late 70's and early 80's using No-Mors with no problems and no flats.

I am not telling you all to buy them. I started using them again recently and am very happy with the results.