do you remember a few weeks back i had a really stupid idea to put a tire inside a tire so i
wouldn't get any punches ever success i think i've done it i think i've done it essentially something
can still go through both tires basically today i've got a way more legit solution
than us ellis tires a bunch of you guys after that stupid video suggested i try these so i
bought some i bought two and they're yellow i don't know why i chose yellow cause they're gonna
look horrible these are completely solid bicycle tires i think these are the most premium ones you
can get they're made by a company they're a spanish company called tannis leaders in
puncher protection no [ __ ] 100 puncher proof no maintenance lightweight long-lasting eco-friendly
e-bike i guess they're good for e-bikes because e-bikes are really heavy
and you get punches on them this is the performance one 28 millimeters 700c apparently the
performance of these has got a lot better over the last few years because the compounds got better
i've gone for regular softness or hardness and today we're going to put them on and see
how good they are now in the box you get one tyre which is a cable tied together
obviously it doesn't really fold down because it's a whole solid piece of rubber and a little bag
of stuff some kind of tool for installation four little bags of different colored
things and i know already these things slot into your wheel and they're different
sizes so i'll be using the widest size because i've got like wide carbon wheels
and then an instruction manual which uh it's all in english to get the most out of your tire it's
recommended that you pre-ride a minimum of 60 miles regularly inspect the tyre for excessive
wear and damage if the center tread is worn out or the tyre is damaged see your authorized
tennis retail who sells these could only just find them online and they were only for sale
from the official tannis shop out of stock on amazon everywhere these were from memory about
60 pounds each plus postage so they're definitely not cheap about the same price as a performance
tyre would be now i already know for a fact that my lovely parkour carbon road wheels are too wide
for these tires uh they don't currently make the little plastic inserts wide enough to fit them
onto these wheels so shout out to parkour thank you for sponsoring this channel dov
but i'm gonna have to use something else for this science experiment which i think
will be these villa mich collaboration wheels mika i always pronounce it wrong these wheels have a
slightly narrower diameter internally they should fit these solid tires fine is it weird putting
solid tires on like a really nice carbon wheel set i mean i want the testing to be fair as possible
and uh these are the kind of wheels i usually ride so if i'm gonna notice a difference i think this
is the best way to do it no tire levers required now these are the little pins you can see how
they're all slightly different width now you can work out which ones you need by either measuring
the internal width with vernier calipers and then choose one of these which is 3.5 millimeters more
than the internal rim width or you grab a pair of pliers and you actually put one of these into the
rim and see which one fits snug i'm gonna go with method two because my vernier calipers are at home
now the tyre has holes all the way around it and i'm going to push pins into every
single hole you can't really get this wrong because they're a kind of semi-circle shape
this is really fiddly and really boring this is only the first time as well
using your foot or extra assistance stretch the tire before mounting for easier installation
it's tight already and it's like halfway right this is not going to plan there's no way that
tyre is getting on that wheel so spin on these to the rescue my old wheels slightly wider rim
but not too wide for the tyres i've removed the rim tape to make as much space as possible uh and
hopefully this will do the trick i'm running out of steam and we haven't even got one tire
this goes to show people at home might struggle it already feels a bit better
i think i need two people to do this
yeah every time you ring me and say you've got an idea like i mean i have a sleepless night the
night before because i just know like what kind of like that's what i didn't tell you last night
that's what i mean i'm worried just worried about damaging the rooms we need something like i think
in theory that needs to be popped into the bead obviously because if you go off the look at that
if this robin slaps and i get stabbed
we should have made the smoke tension before and after that's my gym session for the week done
nick's just told me that he's offering a deal if anyone comes to the shop with these tyres
he'll fit them for free if you come with these tires to the shop the wheel's going in the time
i hope you've got a really good dental plan mate
it's a tire that's pumped up quite high because we just messed up out of the tubeless
like that hurts my i think it's 100 solid francis that's going to be a comfortable ride for you nick
i forgot to weigh him you could take him off again hold on i got your angle grinder
it looks like it like like some like fixed gear or something like from like san francisco from the
90s oh yeah that's what i was going for yeah yeah it looks sick it actually looks quite cool imagine
what they're gonna look like after one ride me too that's like rob cameron riding a bike back in the
day with 400 psi in his travel tiles no before you say anything no do not bring any of these tires
into the ship that was going to be my question to conclude the installation section of this video
if you were to if if a customer would was to buy some of these online and come to your shop
what would you say to them i'll just throw it straight into the time okay it's just not
happening because it's a genuine issue like it's taken bike shop expertise like i used to
be a mechanic you're a mechanic now own a bike shop and it took two of us to put the tire on
and the princess that like luckily the ladder the strongest guy in the world yeah stop doing that
oh well they're definitely working but god anything but a completely smooth bit of tarmac
and it's like running 120 psi grip seems okay i've actually gone around some corners i
forgot i was riding them and it was actually fine hitting potholes and coming off curbs
not a nice experience never gonna worry about pinch punches though so they do actually make
a softer compound as well and i'm quite a light rider so i weigh 65 kilos so who knows maybe
i'd be better off with the slightly softer ones again but for a first ride i mean they're working
all the little clips around the tire we went round and pushed them in with a little tool
that seems to have done the trick they're running true and round and at least i can do this ride
with complete peace of mind that i'm not gonna have a puncher i'm kind of surprised they're this
good so what's funny is that i'm still finding myself avoiding bits of glass and stuff that would
normally give me a puncher i don't need to worry about that anymore i've got to think though what
would the 19 20 millimeter tires be like because these are the widest ones they do
therefore probably the most comfortable the other ones have got to be absolutely savage i guess
the question is who are these made for it might sound obvious but these tyres are for people who
absolutely cannot punch her or really don't want to punch her so a perfect example here is actually
emily from atticus one of my best friends she used to ride these when she was commuting in london
at 1am from work the reason that i put them on was because at the time i was doing a job that
was like night shift so i finished between like 10 p.m and 3 a.m sometimes and i was commuting
through london on about a half an hour commute and basically what i didn't want is to have to stop
on the side of the road and fix a puncture in the middle of the night on my own somewhere in london
even if the surface is smooth which usually it isn't you getting a bit of rattling but really
for like half an hour distance at a time it's fine it's manageable so that's a perfect example of a
situation where these would be fantastic short miles not any hills you really don't want the
inconvenience of having a puncher but you also don't really mind about performance as a product
in my experience today it pretty much does what it says on the tin they're a bit fiddly to get on
but the mounting system is quite well thought through it took two people to get them on but
i imagine it doesn't need to be bike mechanics or bike shops if you have a person with you and
a bit of determination then you can get them on but i imagine if you did go to a bike shop with
a pair that you bought from the internet they'd probably tell you to get lost now in terms of
longevity i can't personally comment but emily has told me that after a few months she'd skidded the
back wheel a few times just locking up her brakes in london traffic as you do and flat spots started
appearing on the tire that meant when the wheel was going round it wasn't exactly true in this
plane so it became a bit of a bumpy ride compared to what it was when it was brand new so that's
again a negative are you going to lock up your brakes you got to be careful would i recommend
them again it depends on the type of riding you're doing for me no but i'm used to riding high
quality tires if you just want to get around town and you've got a short commute i don't see any
problems with these tennis tires that marks the end of today's video i hope you found that useful
if you're in the market for solid tires maybe give these a try let me know if you have any questions
about them in the comments please subscribe for more and uh yeah let me know if there's any other
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