Tires Tubes keep popping :|

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If only my tires were a little less wide, i could get solid tires. Alas, none available for 26 x 2.125


Boy ain't that the truth.

I'm experimenting with putting a pneumatic tube underneath an airless to create a run flat, but I haven't had promising results.
 
I use about 5 layers of gorilla tape as rim liner personally. it's cheap and usually on hand anyway
 
I use about 5 layers of gorilla tape as rim liner personally. it's cheap and usually on hand anyway
That works, spokes don't move much and nothing comes in that way.
 
I put over 100K miles on bikes with Slime'd tubes and I had great results. They rarely made a mess because I knew how to air up a tire.

10 and 2. Valve stem should be between 10 and 2. Otherwise you're doing it wrong. I also used quality tubes and Slime'd em myself.

12oz bottle, 5oz in front, 7oz in back. If you do get the stuff on something, well, it's liquid latex. Water dilutes it and washes it away.

If only my tires were a little less wide, i could get solid tires. Alas, none available for 26 x 2.125

Bad idea. Solid tires on anything but very low speed bikes is an accident waiting to happen. The tire will not be stable during cornering.

The bike will ride like crap and it will vibrate a lot more. The welds on the bike frame will likely fail much earlier they would otherwise.

Boy ain't that the truth.

I'm experimenting with putting a pneumatic tube underneath an airless to create a run flat, but I haven't had promising results.

And you probably never will. Airless tires on anything with 2 wheels and a motor is pretty much a charlie foxtrot of a failmission.

Don't believe me? Go bend some corners on a loaded MaB with airless/solid. Make sure you wear safety gear.

Or don't and hopefully win a Darwin Award. :whistle:
 
And you probably never will. Airless tires on anything with 2 wheels and a motor is pretty much a charlie foxtrot of a failmission.

Don't believe me?

It's not that I don't believe it, it's that my idea is not technically airless.

I'm trying to put an air filled tube beneath the solid tube (aka between it and the rim). You inflated the tube, pushing the foam tube against the inside of the carcass and holding the bead in place. That way if you do get a flat you aren't riding on the rim.
Yes the rid quality at that point will be so poor you will only be able to limp home, that's the point. It's best to limp home on two wheels than it is to walk and push your bike.
 
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