Solid tyres

[skwerl]

Why dont you just buy Wooden wheels, then you will not need to purchase any Tyres,
And the Wooden Wheels will give you the same effect as solid tyres.

ok, dude. you do get wooden wheels. very nice and expensive they are too (http://wheelfanatyk.blogspot.com/2007/05/how-wood-rims-are-made.html) . granted they do require tyres though

 

[HJ]

?? Your blog suggests he did:

"After initial experiments, Dunlop took his crude pneumatic tyre to the local bicycle engineers Edlin and Sinclair"

i.e. Dunlop's idea and prototype, their development. That's why Tim Berners Lee is credited as the founder of the internet.

Tim Berners Lee is the founder of the World Wide Web, the internet having been around for about 20 year before that...

 

[potsy]

update

Just to let you all know the 2 lads at work who tried these tyres have now taken them off due to horrendous ride quality and lack of grip.
Think i'll stick to the Marathon +

 

[Goffins]

No I did'nt.

I heeded the ridicule.

I also weighed up the situation ( pun ) and found Pnumatics are half the weight.

I eventually opted for BikeDoctorX ( or Slime ), which worked splendidly. You still have to fix the P*, but it gets you home.

However, I did have a colleague who used Greentyre. They were 'racing' grade hardness and shook him senseless - or more sensless than when he bought the Greentyres.

Out of curiosity does the Slime have an adapter for Road bike tube valves?
My Amrosio Rims + Continental tyres are so horrendous that it can take upto an hour to fix a puncture in the comfort of my own home, let alone out on the open road.

 

[jimboalee]

You can't put slime through a Presta valve.

Better to go Kevlar tyres.