Tannus Tyre Armour , phew ?

[MitchF]

Took my time and they are “relatively” ?easy to fit, test time on Sunday ??

 

[HIGHL4NDER]

I decided to go tubeless on mine. Race to see who punctures first

 

[MitchF]

Deal, who’s going to own up though ??
I was tubeless but kept getting leaks, probably my fitting.

So, done these??

 

[MitchF]

24k off road today, some very stoney single tracks, lots of hits.
No puncture??

 

[HIGHL4NDER]

18k up at glentress today, was very very surprised how easy it was to get it airborne! Landed 1 on a sneaky little pointy rock, had that moment of grimace waiting for the pop n whizz sound!

All good so far

 

[MitchF]

“Glentress” a workmate if mine goes up there every autumn with his mtb.
He’s invited me up this year ?

 

[TtheArab]

I have Comrie 15 mins away. New toy arrives tomorrow....

 

[HIGHL4NDER]

@TtheArab Comrie? I think there is an e-bike demo at Comrie Croft Bikes right now until 1pm!

 

[TtheArab]

Probably the new HaiBikes as the guys have them in as hires. Had one out a few weeks ago as my first eBike experience and totally hooked.

 

[urastus]

I just fit one to the rear - it actually went on pretty easy. I did it the way tannus suggests - put armour in tyre, put partially inflated inner tube into tannus. Once the inner tube was in the tannus, I pumped it up pretty hard so that it was sitting straight, then let it down to just partially inflated. I also used some soapy water on the last bead to go on, don't think I needed it though. Pumped it up to 40psi to seat the bead properly, then let the air out so that it is pretty flat. It's blowing a gale here today so I won't pump it up till I'm ready to ride.

I'm only going to use this on really light tyres - I have a maxxis dhrII exo which is way too light to go tubeless. My replacement tyres when this wears out are 60 tpi - I'll try those tubeless again because they are a bit heavier. The tannus seems like a good option to have for those really light weight sidewall tyres which might work out a lot cheaper than buying the heavier sidewall counterparts - just another possibility.