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[kanga2433]

Well, I suppose I have said it all in the title. With going off to Canada in June for 3 weeks I was wondering if solid tyres would be a good choice given that they don't puncture of go down. on the other hand they would be menace if they came off the wheel due to too much sliding sideways on the bottom of a long hill! (Sorry, too mcuh fun sliding!)

So, anyone tried them and liked them?

[russ1]

Awful things - any solid tyre is so inferior to a pneumatic that unless you really have a problem with punctures they're not worth considering. There's a reason hardly anyone uses them on cycles and not one serious cyclist would ever condider them and that's because they don't roll well and they have no give so the ride is horrible and they weigh a ton.

Having said that from what I understand once they're on they're on. I doubt you'll get enough sideways force from a wheelchair to roll one off.

Had some solids on a chair in rehab - hated them, green tyres are by all accounts the least horrible of all the solid variants but NNNNOOOoooooooo - don't do it. If you want some punctue resistance buy some ticker inner tubes and heavier duty tyres.

[ruth]

I've had Green tyres for ages now (so long I cant really compare them to pneumatics), but they dont come off. In fact they are quite hard to change. I havent noticed that they are much harder to push on, or that the ride is very bumpy.

I did get quite a lot of puctures (a couple a month), which is why I use solid tyres as punctures are sooooo horrid.

[bubbleandsqueak]

I've never had any problem with punctures but what two do if i get one?

i've never had a flat.

[russ1]

Make sure you have a. a spare inner tube and b. a puncture repair kit including tyre levers.

Get puncture, get off chair, put new tube in tyre and pump up, get back in chair. Repair punctured tube at your leisure.

If you get one out and about you can push around on the flat - it's a PITA but doable until you get back home to your spare tube.