Tannus Tyres....not bad at all!

[Racing roadkill]

You need red tyres on that.... everyone knows red go faster!

Funny you should say that. I’m off to the bike show in London in February. The main import agents for Tannus are usually there. If they have a pair of 25mm red ones, I’m going to buy them, they usually do a show discount as well.

 

[gaijintendo]

Funny you should say that. I’m off to the bike show in London in February. The main import agents for Tannus are usually there. If they have a pair of 25mm red ones, I’m going to buy them, they usually do a show discount as well.

Saw red ones earlier

https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tyre-Tannus-Solid-Hybrid-Bike-Tyres-Red-700c/222809114755

Sadly I don't think I have clearance for 32s...

If you do make the swap, and you can get those off, let me know

 

[mjr]

True. They are like no other components I can think of, from that point of view. It also amazes me that the most vociferous objections to them, seem to come from those with demonstrably the least experience of them, actually riding with them.

Well, if you don't like a component, you're not going to use it long enough to get more experience than someone who loves it, are you? So that's not really so unusual.

If you want a component that really gets half-baked irrational rants, try a Sturmey-Archer AW or its successors!

 

[Racing roadkill]

Saw red ones earlier

https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tyre-Tannus-Solid-Hybrid-Bike-Tyres-Red-700c/222809114755

Sadly I don't think I have clearance for 32s...

If you do make the swap, and you can get those off, let me know

Getting them off is not as hard as some think. You put the tool that they come with under the tyre on the rim, then push it right under and through the other side, then grab the tool with both hands, and roll the tool forwards. The pins snap out, and then you just repeat around the circumference.

 

[Ruf]

I fitted Tannus tyres to my Brompton just before Christmas, having been assured that I would hardly notice any difference. I cycle 12 miles to work 3 mornings a week and was looking forward to no longer having to worry about punctures. Cycling home from the workshop, I thought I was struggling a bit, but it was an unfamiliar route so I didn’t worry.
The next day I set off for work and after a couple of miles, thought I had developed COPD - I was gasping for breath. I arrived at work exhausted. Even the slightest incline felt like the Alps. I began to wonder if it was the tyres. Over the next few weeks I continued to struggle and began to hate my commute. Yesterday, I finally had the Tannus tyres removed and a set of Marathons put on. Today, my cycle to work was a dream. I felt 10 years younger. Good riddance to the Tannus tyres, I say.

 

[Racing roadkill]

I fitted Tannus tyres to my Brompton just before Christmas, having been assured that I would hardly notice any difference. I cycle 12 miles to work 3 mornings a week and was looking forward to no longer having to worry about punctures. Cycling home from the workshop, I thought I was struggling a bit, but it was an unfamiliar route so I didn’t worry.
The next day I set off for work and after a couple of miles, thought I had developed COPD - I was gasping for breath. I arrived at work exhausted. Even the slightest incline felt like the Alps. I began to wonder if it was the tyres. Over the next few weeks I continued to struggle and began to hate my commute. Yesterday, I finally had the Tannus tyres removed and a set of Marathons put on. Today, my cycle to work was a dream. I felt 10 years younger. Good riddance to the Tannus tyres, I say.

Good for you. Enjoy your punctures.

 

[Racing roadkill]

They’re not for everyone, not much ever is. You have to decide if you’d rather push a bit harder, and never get a puncture, or resort to a standard / more conventional tyre, and put up with changing inner tubes, possibly in the dark, when it’s freezing cold. It’s each to their own.

 

[mjr]

Or you can just use sealant on those rare occasions it's too dark/cold to fix a puncture.

 

[gaijintendo]

..... It is harsh (my bell works by pinging a spring, and was seeing itself off constantly, never did before!)....

Update: the spring and pinger broke off last week due to metal fatigue...

 

[Racing roadkill]

Update: I went out for a ride with a club I ride with sometimes on Sunday, on my Triban 520 with its Tannus tyres. I spent ages waiting for people to repair various punctures, on their bikes and it was freezing cold and windy. Nothing fell off, or broke on my bike either.

 

[mjr]

Update: I went out for a ride with a club I ride with sometimes on Sunday, on my Triban 520 with its Tannus tyres. I spent ages waiting for people to repair various punctures, on their bikes and it was freezing cold and windy. Nothing fell off, or broke on my bike either.

Is it true that Tannus users are shoots who won't help other riders with punctures because they think everyone else should suffer solid tyres?

 

[gaijintendo]

Is it true that Tannus users are shoots who won't help other riders with punctures because they think everyone else should suffer solid tyres?

Off-topic; Reminds me of the time I packed all my ultralight kit for WOMAD, and my pals with their 5 man tent, double sleeping bags and all the jazz wanted me to help them... on a hot day. I can't see how that's me being rude...

 

[mjr]

Off-topic; Reminds me of the time I packed all my ultralight kit for WOMAD, and my pals with their 5 man tent, double sleeping bags and all the jazz wanted me to help them... on a hot day. I can't see how that's me being rude...

It's not. But moaning afterwards about how long it took them would be...

 

[Bill]

Well, 'Roadkill' (above) sums it up!...The people who wont change to anything new and a advance over the old stuff learn the hard way. My rear tyre feels just like the Marathon Plus on the front, and I am not....'suffering'... as a result. Tannus tyres suit me and my Brompton so that's the main thing....

 

[Racing roadkill]

I ran into the guys from East London, who have the bike shop that specialises in the Tannus tyres, at the London bike show, they were doing a show special on the new 25mm 700c Tannus tyres, it would have been rude not to, so I got another couple. I’ve just got to decide which bike to put them on now.