"airless" tires
09-26-08 | 07:26 PM
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"airless" tires
anyone have any input on airless/solid tires such as these?:
https://www.nu-teck.com/product.html
Thinking of throwing a set on my beater/commuter bike. I wonder how well they would hold up if I needed to skid?
https://www.nu-teck.com/product.html
Thinking of throwing a set on my beater/commuter bike. I wonder how well they would hold up if I needed to skid?
09-26-08 | 07:32 PM
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09-26-08 | 07:40 PM
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09-26-08 | 07:51 PM
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Airless tires, vaporizing ... geez what's next tonight!
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Litespeed Siena, Campy
Peugeot U010, Deep V's in orange and fixed
Bridgestone X03 - the beer bike
Waterford R2200, Campy Chorus/Super Record Cobaltobrakes
Motobecane Tandem - Craigslist find
Belgium Bertin. an angel spared it and sent it my way.
Fuji Folding 4130 Mountain bike - Marlboro edition trash find
Specialized HR -A1, latest trash find (who throws bikes out??!!)
09-26-08 | 08:18 PM
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09-26-08 | 08:21 PM
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who's gonna try them?
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Litespeed Siena, Campy
Peugeot U010, Deep V's in orange and fixed
Bridgestone X03 - the beer bike
Waterford R2200, Campy Chorus/Super Record Cobaltobrakes
Motobecane Tandem - Craigslist find
Belgium Bertin. an angel spared it and sent it my way.
Fuji Folding 4130 Mountain bike - Marlboro edition trash find
Specialized HR -A1, latest trash find (who throws bikes out??!!)
Litespeed Siena, Campy
Peugeot U010, Deep V's in orange and fixed
Bridgestone X03 - the beer bike
Waterford R2200, Campy Chorus/Super Record Cobaltobrakes
Motobecane Tandem - Craigslist find
Belgium Bertin. an angel spared it and sent it my way.
Fuji Folding 4130 Mountain bike - Marlboro edition trash find
Specialized HR -A1, latest trash find (who throws bikes out??!!)
09-26-08 | 08:22 PM
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I have to call bull on the lighter than regular tires claim. There is now way a solid tire like that can be lighter than a good road tire.
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09-26-08 | 08:50 PM
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they've been selling airless tires at walmart for years
they're only sold at walmart for a reason
I love how opinionated cyclist needs eight and a half minutes of shaking poorly recorded footage mostly of his neck for what could be better explained with one paragraph of text and a single picture.
they're only sold at walmart for a reason
I love how opinionated cyclist needs eight and a half minutes of shaking poorly recorded footage mostly of his neck for what could be better explained with one paragraph of text and a single picture.
09-26-08 | 09:29 PM
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09-26-08 | 11:11 PM
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it does seem too good to be true, but technology advances everyday, so I'm trying to decide if I want to take a chance. on airfreetires.com they have the legacy daytona "high performance" tire in 700x20 listed at 370g, which dosent seem too terrible when compared to a traditional tire and tube(+air) of the same size. I'm thinking of trying it, since thay have two tires plus install tool for about $70, along with a 30 day unconditional warranty. But on the other hand, theres got to be a reason everyone isnt using these things.
That guy in the videos talked WAY too much, and dosen't seem to be able to edit to save his life.
That guy in the videos talked WAY too much, and dosen't seem to be able to edit to save his life.
Last edited by rotharpunc; 09-26-08 at 11:13 PM. Reason: forgot to add something
09-26-08 | 11:27 PM
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09-27-08 | 12:06 AM
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09-27-08 | 09:42 AM
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09-27-08 | 09:55 AM
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My serfas seca comps are all of 175 grams per tire so, one of the 700x20 airless tires weigh more than the seca comps on the front and back of my bike. The 700x20 Airless tires are pigs.
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09-27-08 | 09:59 AM
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This video cracks me up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1c8b...eature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1c8b...eature=related
09-27-08 | 10:01 AM
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I had to skip through to the test ride
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_69o...eature=related
WTF?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvkzR...eature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_69o...eature=related
WTF?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvkzR...eature=related
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
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09-27-08 | 10:06 AM
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