Solid tyres

[tony 1690]

Anyone got any experience with solid tyres (made by green tyre company) the tyres are £20 each anyone tried these or use them what's your honest opinion? .just wanted some feedback before I commit to buying .for sort 10 mile journeys not serious long distance riding.

I'm a trendy consumer. Just look at my EVA-L09 using hovercraft full of eels.

[Brucey]

horrible things, IMHO

cheers

[scottg]

Ever notice how some people read the max psi rating
on tires, and proceed to pump them up to it ?

110lb rider with 25mm tires pumped up to 105psi ?
A fair simulation of solid tires.
Dr. Dunlop shakes his head in heaven.

[softlips]

Anybody ridden on the solid tyres. Seen a few new companies doing them.

[landsurfer]

Ever notice how some people read the max psi rating
on tires, and proceed to pump them up to it ?

110lb rider with 25mm tires pumped up to 105psi ?
A fair simulation of solid tires.
Dr. Dunlop shakes his head in heaven.

50KG .... who is that light .... my legs (fat free) weigh more than that !!

[rjb]

I'm slowly resigning myself to there fate and seriously considering them. My daughter gets multiple punctures from brambles.

But only for the wheelbarrow!

[Roadster]

They're okay for things like prams, pushchairs and sack trucks, but not for bikes. John Boyd Dunlop's pneumatic tyre swept them away in the 1890s and attempts to revive them have consistently failed ever since. Even wheelbarrows prefer inflatable tyres for their superior ride quality, handling and comfort!

[mercalia]

They're okay for things like prams, pushchairs and sack trucks, but not for bikes. John Boyd Dunlop's pneumatic tyre swept them away in the 1890s and attempts to revive them have consistently failed ever since. Even wheelbarrows prefer inflatable tyres for their superior ride quality, handling and comfort!

upmarket prams use pneumatic tyres - I have seen a few around London ( though I wonder what they would do if they got a puncture - call out the RAC? )

[rjb]

They're okay for things like prams, pushchairs and sack trucks, but not for bikes. John Boyd Dunlop's pneumatic tyre swept them away in the 1890s and attempts to revive them have consistently failed ever since. Even wheelbarrows prefer inflatable tyres for their superior ride quality, handling and comfort!

upmarket prams use pneumatic tyres - I have seen a few around London ( though I wonder what they would do if they got a puncture - call out the RAC? )

I believe Mothercare offer a free puncture repair service for their sales.

Something for Halfords to think about

[roubaixtuesday]

They're okay for things like prams, pushchairs and sack trucks, but not for bikes. John Boyd Dunlop's pneumatic tyre swept them away in the 1890s and attempts to revive them have consistently failed ever since. Even wheelbarrows prefer inflatable tyres for their superior ride quality, handling and comfort!

upmarket prams use pneumatic tyres - I have seen a few around London ( though I wonder what they would do if they got a puncture - call out the RAC? )

I used to have such a pram. Absolutely brilliant, enabled otherwise quite impassable routes to be easy, but more prone to punctures than a bike.

So, just as I do on a bike, I carried a pump, tyre levers and a spare tube at all times. Also kept them full of that self sealing green gunk.

[foxyrider]

Solid tyres are a PITA to fit, comfort is crap and they wear quite quickly. On the plus side you don't get punctures.

OTOH you could use better quality pneumatics, look after them and not suffer lots of punctures - tubeless seem to be quite suited to the application.

[De Sisti]

Ever notice how some people read the max psi rating
on tires, and proceed to pump them up to it ?

110lb rider with 25mm tires pumped up to 105psi ?

Nothing wrong with pumping up tyres to the max psi rating, or above (they are all conservatively rated anyway) and
having a decent ride quality. I've done it on all of my bikes with no ill effects.

Why not give it a try before pronouncing on it.

[LollyKat]

It depends on the rider's weight, though - a lighter rider (and 110lbs is very light) will find max tyre pressures very uncomfortable. I speak from personal experience; I'm 120lbs and never pump my tyres up to the maximum.

[simonhill]

I've not ridden solid tyres, so can't comment, but all who have ridden and commented as opposed to not ridden and commented say they are not very good.

If I were you, I'd go for something like Schwalbe's greenguard. I don't like the ride, but much better than solid I imagine and very puncture resistant. They won't cost much more than those solids and will last ages.

[bovlomov]

Something for Halfords to think about

My LBS is already onto that - repairing and replacing pram tyres and wheels.