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airless tires
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Any of you folks using airless tires? Can you recommend a company? Thanks |
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I have http://www.airfreetires.com tires for two bicycles. However, I
had a wheel stolen and got a replacement rim and ordered a replacement tire in Febuary and communications to airfree are deleted. Green tyre seems to be pretty poor substitue. "johnson.." wrote: Hi Any of you folks using airless tires? Can you recommend a company? Thanks |
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Mike Schwab wrote in message ...
I have http://www.airfreetires.com tires for two bicycles. However, I had a wheel stolen and got a replacement rim and ordered a replacement tire in Febuary and communications to airfree are deleted. Green tyre seems to be pretty poor substitue. "johnson.." wrote: Hi Any of you folks using airless tires? Can you recommend a company? Thanks Try www.amerityre.com or www.nu-teck.com. I have received 20 inch and 26 inch tires from Amerityre and am happy with them. There does seem to be a very slight loss of performance, but I hate flats. It is worth it to me. They are not as difficult to put on as some people claim. As for comfort I mostly ride recumbents so it doesn't matter as much but on my road bike I did notice a slight difference. I just put on a big padded comfy seat and that made it more comfortable than it was originally. I have no experience with Nu-teck but they did supply tires to Airfreetires.com. I purchased 700 cc tires from airfree last year and loved them. Unfortunately when I ordered more tires from airfreetires this year I never got them. Just lots of excuses. I finally just had to contact my credit card company and get a refund. My impression is that airfreetires promises to deliver and can't. Maybe their suppliers cut them off. Their customer service is practically non-existent. Until you cancel the payment then they magically come up with lots of excuses......."the dog ate my tires." As I said Nu-Teck used to supply airfreetires so based on my experience I suggest trying them. Good luck. Jerry "air free tires" Flynn Don't criticize them until you try the newer ones. |
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Mike Schwab wrote in message ...
I have http://www.airfreetires.com tires for two bicycles. However, I had a wheel stolen and got a replacement rim and ordered a replacement tire in Febuary and communications to airfree are deleted. Green tyre seems to be pretty poor substitue. "johnson.." wrote: Hi Any of you folks using airless tires? Can you recommend a company? Thanks Well I would recommend trying www.amerityre.com or www.nu-teck.com Nu-tech used to supply airfreetires.com. I bought from airfreetires last year and had good luck with a pair of 700cc tires for my roadbike. I ordered from them this year and had to get a refund from my credit card company. No response, ignored emails etc I bought both 20 and 26 inch tires from amerityre and have had good luck. Don't believe the negativity on airless tires. I love them. There does seem to be a very slight loss in speed performance and comfort but the loss is slight. I think the airless tires of today are much better than the tires of the 70's that everyone badmouths. Unlike most people who post to this thread I actually use them. Mostly on recumbents since I am a recent recumbent convert. |
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thanks Jerry for the links.
I emailed both companies to see if they will be adding pictures to there websites in the future. "Jerry Flynn" wrote in message m... Mike Schwab wrote in message ... I have http://www.airfreetires.com tires for two bicycles. However, I had a wheel stolen and got a replacement rim and ordered a replacement tire in Febuary and communications to airfree are deleted. Green tyre seems to be pretty poor substitue. "johnson.." wrote: Hi Any of you folks using airless tires? Can you recommend a company? Thanks Try www.amerityre.com or www.nu-teck.com. I have received 20 inch and 26 inch tires from Amerityre and am happy with them. There does seem to be a very slight loss of performance, but I hate flats. It is worth it to me. They are not as difficult to put on as some people claim. As for comfort I mostly ride recumbents so it doesn't matter as much but on my road bike I did notice a slight difference. I just put on a big padded comfy seat and that made it more comfortable than it was originally. I have no experience with Nu-teck but they did supply tires to Airfreetires.com. I purchased 700 cc tires from airfree last year and loved them. Unfortunately when I ordered more tires from airfreetires this year I never got them. Just lots of excuses. I finally just had to contact my credit card company and get a refund. My impression is that airfreetires promises to deliver and can't. Maybe their suppliers cut them off. Their customer service is practically non-existent. Until you cancel the payment then they magically come up with lots of excuses......."the dog ate my tires." As I said Nu-Teck used to supply airfreetires so based on my experience I suggest trying them. Good luck. Jerry "air free tires" Flynn Don't criticize them until you try the newer ones. |
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BTW here is a webpage for KIK Tires.
http://www.kiktire.com/co_profile.html Lewis. ********************************* (Jerry Flynn) wrote in message om... Mike Schwab wrote in message ... I have http://www.airfreetires.com tires for two bicycles. However, I had a wheel stolen and got a replacement rim and ordered a replacement tire in Febuary and communications to airfree are deleted. Green tyre seems to be pretty poor substitue. "johnson.." wrote: Hi Any of you folks using airless tires? Can you recommend a company? Thanks Well I would recommend trying www.amerityre.com or www.nu-teck.com Nu-tech used to supply airfreetires.com. I bought from airfreetires last year and had good luck with a pair of 700cc tires for my roadbike. I ordered from them this year and had to get a refund from my credit card company. No response, ignored emails etc I bought both 20 and 26 inch tires from amerityre and have had good luck. Don't believe the negativity on airless tires. I love them. There does seem to be a very slight loss in speed performance and comfort but the loss is slight. I think the airless tires of today are much better than the tires of the 70's that everyone badmouths. Unlike most people who post to this thread I actually use them. Mostly on recumbents since I am a recent recumbent convert. |
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thanks for the link Lewis...now if only kik would put some specs on there
website. "Lewis Campbell" wrote in message m... BTW here is a webpage for KIK Tires. http://www.kiktire.com/co_profile.html Lewis. ********************************* (Jerry Flynn) wrote in message om... Mike Schwab wrote in message ... I have http://www.airfreetires.com tires for two bicycles. However, I had a wheel stolen and got a replacement rim and ordered a replacement tire in Febuary and communications to airfree are deleted. Green tyre seems to be pretty poor substitue. "johnson.." wrote: Hi Any of you folks using airless tires? Can you recommend a company? Thanks Well I would recommend trying www.amerityre.com or www.nu-teck.com Nu-tech used to supply airfreetires.com. I bought from airfreetires last year and had good luck with a pair of 700cc tires for my roadbike. I ordered from them this year and had to get a refund from my credit card company. No response, ignored emails etc I bought both 20 and 26 inch tires from amerityre and have had good luck. Don't believe the negativity on airless tires. I love them. There does seem to be a very slight loss in speed performance and comfort but the loss is slight. I think the airless tires of today are much better than the tires of the 70's that everyone badmouths. Unlike most people who post to this thread I actually use them. Mostly on recumbents since I am a recent recumbent convert. |
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Thanks. Interesting reading, especially about bikeforums.com. Mention a
specific product and get accused of spamming. "Lewis Campbell" wrote in message om... Here are some opinions of Airfree tires that may interest you:- http://www.cyclingforums.com/t39155.html Personally I love them and have been using them for about 5 years, on a variety of bikes. By far the best model, in my opinion, is the one that only comes in size 27". Obviously, to use this size, I had to build wheels, as most wheels are 700C. Hugh Waters used to carry this tire at www.airfreetires.com but he seems to have discontinued it now. The last ones I got were from the manufacturer:- KIK Tire Inc 760-967-2777 (ask for Bill) Hope this helps. Lewis. ****************************** (Jerry Flynn) wrote in message om... Mike Schwab wrote in message ... I have http://www.airfreetires.com tires for two bicycles. However, I had a wheel stolen and got a replacement rim and ordered a replacement tire in Febuary and communications to airfree are deleted. Green tyre seems to be pretty poor substitue. "johnson.." wrote: Hi Any of you folks using airless tires? Can you recommend a company? Thanks Well I would recommend trying www.amerityre.com or www.nu-teck.com Nu-tech used to supply airfreetires.com. I bought from airfreetires last year and had good luck with a pair of 700cc tires for my roadbike. I ordered from them this year and had to get a refund from my credit card company. No response, ignored emails etc I bought both 20 and 26 inch tires from amerityre and have had good luck. Don't believe the negativity on airless tires. I love them. There does seem to be a very slight loss in speed performance and comfort but the loss is slight. I think the airless tires of today are much better than the tires of the 70's that everyone badmouths. Unlike most people who post to this thread I actually use them. Mostly on recumbents since I am a recent recumbent convert. |
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Interesting reading, especially about bikeforums.com.
Mention a specific product and get accused of spamming. Not to mention the lot of thin-skinned, bawling crybabies! Now I understand why they huddle behind the nanny's skirt in their moderated little forum, instead of posting out here in the big, scary Newsgroups amongst us savages. Jerry Flynn wrote: I think the airless tires of today are much better than the tires of the 70's that everyone badmouths. I *know* they a the solid vinyl tyres I rode during 1980-81 were rock-hard and extremely slippery, especially in wet weather; a generation later, my son has ridden contemporary airless tyres on his BMX bike for the past two years, and they are virtually indistinguishable from ordinary pneumatic tyres. -- "Bicycling is a healthy and manly pursuit with much to recommend it, and, unlike other foolish crazes, it has not died out." -- The Daily Telegraph (1877) |
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