I Put Solid Tyres On My £6000 Race Bike

bought some tannus portal tyres to see what the deal is, these are 28mm yellow ones, no punctures nice

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[andrenoble]

I have had a lot of customers with these tyres on, most of them break spokes because the wheels take that much more punishment. If you're using them for commuting, make sure you have some stong wheels! Spoke replacement is not fun when you have tannus tyres, it will end up costing a lot more than usual to replace a spoke

[MrBikebros]

Francis I tried these tires and came across the best idea ever online, before installing tire to rim, warm up the tire in a clothes laundry dryer for about 5 mins, this warms up the tire and makes it 10 times easier to stretch on to the rim. fact!

[DarenC]

I had Tannus tyres on my commuter hybrid for a year or so (12km each way). Never again. They were perfect from a puncture resistance perspective, but terrible for everything else. Handling was sketchy - cornering was an adventure in the wet in particular, and practically no grip at all on white road markings. They'd literally slip off the top even when going straight. Far worse than pneumatic tyres, and in the winter they were even worse. The ride was harsh. I broke about 5 spokes in 12 months - which is a _lot_ considering I've broken maybe one other spoke in decades of cycling. The clips break after a while too, which means the tyre separates from the rim at speeds over around 15mph. They were heavy as hell too.

[tpawlicki]

I had another Tannus product that goes inside your normal tire and still allows you to use an inner tube. It just adds foam on the outside 10mm to protect from punctures. They worked wonderfully and there weren't any compromises to handling since you were still using standard rubber to contact the road. Biggest downside was the 150g weight added to each wheel and relatively stiff feeling tires.

[matthewshaw]

I’ve run schwallbe marathons (35mm) for years as has my wife and a good mate and non of us have ever punctured. I’ve picked glass out of them and we all commute on them in Melbourne so the roads are far from clean. Only way you’d puncture is a pinch flat from not pumping them up regularly. And if you put a tyre liner in you’d be safe for all but a stinger grown out by the cops. Cool to see these put to use but I feel like the needs case for them is SO niche now days given tyre tech and quality.

[aaronedgeart]

Makes sense for commuters, particularly your friend on late night spins. Thanx for doing this, a fun watch!

[melesshuffle]

I bought a pair of these in 2017. My commute takes me along a lot of country lanes with loads of crap on them and punctures were common, even with gatorskins. It took me most of a Sunday to get them on, so I felt your pain. I ran them for about a year and had no complaints, but I was petrified that I'd spang a spoke - if I needed to replace the nipple I'd have to take the bastard things off again.

[christopher]

I had one of these years ago and they are really uncomfortable, if you need a tyre that almost puncture proof go with Schwalbe marathon plus, really incredible for what they do, almost one year without a puncture riding almost everyday as delivery rider.

[jimnad]

I would like to see you test an internally geared hub. Just think, no derailleur to damage when riding trails.

[nickmann]

Using cable ties around the rims and tyre as you fit them to hold them in place works as an extra pair of hands, although they are slightly difficult to fit.

[kaseycarpenter]

I ran these for about 2k miles, and yes, they are harsh, but they are indestructible - biggest issue for me was riding in the wet, as they tended to hydroplane easier than typical tires. I switched over to their armor inserts with some serfas drifters, and am now at 8k on that set up without a single flat. The inserts are more or less the same material as the solid tire, but you still get to use a proper pneumatic tire and tube setup.

[mrichards]

If someone like Francis Cade enters a bike shop for mechanical work, it means very serious problems to solve for the mechanic 😂

[willdtw]

I use Vittoria airliner road runflat tubeless inserts for commuting. They protect your wheels so they're great for carbon wheels. I run em with GP 5000 S TR tires. They work great! Each insert weighs only 28 grams and doesn't affect rolling resistance unless I get a puncture. The inserts weigh less than a flat repair kit. It's the same inserts the pros have been riding in Paris Roubaix for the last 2 years. Been commuting on these for the last 6 months.

[darrenhitchcox]

I tried these on my Specialized Creo E--bike and they did look awesome. I had the yellow ones with a black bike. The ride experience was dead a door nail and gave no feel or feedback, but I can report I got no punctures for the 10 miles I used them for !!! I used the 25mm regular and was glad the bike had some suspension built in .

[JBthePAdashC]

Tannus makes inserts (Tannus Armor) that are a MUCH better option! Before I got a bike that was tubeless compatible I got these and they worked fantastically well. I used to get multiple punctures within a week and after I got the Tannus Armor I didn’t get a single one. Of course, tubeless tires also fixed this issue.

[benthedaddy]

I have these tyres and bought them because I keep my commuting bike locked up outside and it often fell foul to vandalism (yes some people really do puncture the tyres of parked bikes where I live). Anyway, this solved the problem perfectly, although at a price of ride comfort

[paulsimpson]

We used Tannus tyres (32s) from 2018 on our entry level Hybrid bikes. They were fine for our local country lanes and trails. Obviously they were quite bumpy but we were used to them and they do get softer with time. In August 21 we joined a cycling club and whilst not keeping up with he ride leaders our fitness improved massively because we were having to work harder to get up the hills! Last March at the age of 53 I got my first ever road bike 🤭Yes I stuck Tannus tyres (28s) on it!! I rode up Cheddar Gorge, ZigZag Hill and did my first 100m Sportive (in fairness, I did get swept up at 78 miles - numb feet and hands -bloody cattlegrids in the New Forest). By July I decided to try some air tyres and haven't looked back. I believe having to keep up on the Tannus tyres was brilliant for my cardio and I still have them on the hybrid (for now) in case I need to go somewhere stony, but there's no way I'd put them back on the road bike BTW, this is Debi (not Paul)

[bl]

Regardless of the hard ride & broken spokes discussed in the comments below, I think this would be an ideal solution for someone like myself who only rides occasionally....
Last winter, I took my bike out of the shed after a couple of months & found the rear wheel has gone flat. I work shifts & couldn't find the time to sort it out for like 2 weeks.
The net result is that I just put the bike away and forgot about it.

When I am tired after a night shift, I just want to go out for a ride and not spend an hour in the shed fighting with an innertube 😄

[OrneryA]

You're doing it the hard way !! Roll the new Tannus tire on the rim making sure no pin hole is directly over a spoke. Then lift one side of the tire up, exposing the pin holes. Insert the correct length pins with the beveled edges down into each slot. One side of the pin should then already be under the bead lip. I purchased the more beefy setting tool. Being right handed and with the rim placed as if it were rolling away from you, grab a pin with the better tool held at the two o'clock position. The upper "beaver tooth" should be perpendicular to the pin. Squeeze the handles and rotate the plier handles clockwise to about the 4 o'clock position until the pin seats with a pinging sound. Go all the way around to set the other pins. I've had my Tannus tires for 3 years. They are more slick going around corners so I avoid riding over those thick white cross walk stripes unless I'm head on. These tires are on my bike that only gets ridden in the summer when it's not raining. Skidding also easily leaves a flat spot that thumps until it is worn away. Otherwise, they're fantastic !! For winter riding in the constant rain I have Tannus inserts inside of Bontrager Hardcase tires.

[julienbouillot]

I thought for a minute this was going to eb a total joke but it turned out tot be quite a thorough review. I've been wondering about these tyres for a while so glad you were able to test them for us.