Quantcast

Tire Balls?

Damo

Short One Marshmallow
Sep 7, 2006
4,603
27
French Alps
Look, I'm 17 and I am not their spokesperson. There is a difference between being sponsored and a R&D rider.

No, I don't buy them because when you R&D them, you are developing them which means they are experimental and you are helping the company make them better.

They are not out for the public for a reason: they are still in development. Which means they are not perfect and not ready.

Why don't you wait until they are out for the public before saying anything about them. You are making these decisions about them when you don't even know what you are talking about.

All I'm doing is trying to help people understand what they are about, what they do and hopefully sell them to people when they come out.

Quick translation.

Good on you mate for helping a company out. I know you aren't the company's spokesperson, but a little button at the top of the screen which says 'ABC Check' goes a long way.
 

racer661

Chimp
Oct 31, 2007
84
0
Quick translation.

Good on you mate for helping a company out. I know you aren't the company's spokesperson, but a little button at the top of the screen which says 'ABC Check' goes a long way.
haha thanks man i never would have seen that i kept looking for spell check. thanks for pointing it out.:cheers:
 

- seb

Turbo Monkey
Apr 10, 2002
2,924
1
UK
More like 20.


But anyway nobody rides on everest.......I drive from about 7k to sea level about once a week and there is a difference in tire pressure sometimes. Enough that it's certainly noticeable and why I mentioned it in the first place. You should hear the gatorade bottles in my truck crush and expand on the drive :D
20? 1atm (standard pressure at sealevel) is 14.5psi. So you're saying at Everest we've gone beyond a vacuum and are -5.5psi? :)

Any pressure difference you feel in your tyres is more likely to be down to warmth of the tyre carcass and your fingers. The warmer they are the softer they feel. Cold tyres and numb fingers feel rock hard.
 

- seb

Turbo Monkey
Apr 10, 2002
2,924
1
UK
thanks for saying it in a nice way and not being a dick about it haha. but ya l.a. is not my fav nor my best subject in school.:cheers:but ill work on it! :)
Jesus-titty-f*cking-christ. It doesn't have to be your favourite subject for you to be able to speak/type it. You're making my brain bleed!

Just read your post back in your head, paying attention to commas and full stops before you save it, and then amend it until things sound "right". Of course I'm assuming that you can speak properly, which is probably a mistake :P
 

- seb

Turbo Monkey
Apr 10, 2002
2,924
1
UK
I dont understand how you inflate the balls once the tyre is installed, as I think Velocity Girl said earlier? That suggests each ball DOES have a valve coming through the rim, doesn't it? Can someone explain to me, cheers :)
 

djamgils

Monkey
Aug 31, 2007
349
0
Holland
you will have to take one bead of the rim so you can inflate the balls.

one advantage is that you could rund single ply tyres and you dont have to wory about ripping your sidewall(to a certain extent)

but other than that I dont see the advantages.

tubeless has less rolling resistance, less weight, easier, no flats(with latex)
 

Velocity Girl

whack-a-mole
Sep 12, 2001
1,279
0
Atlanta
I dont understand how you inflate the balls once the tyre is installed, as I think Velocity Girl said earlier? That suggests each ball DOES have a valve coming through the rim, doesn't it? Can someone explain to me, cheers :)
You put them in the tire, inflate them, then mount the tire. Each ball has a valve similar to what you'd find on a basketball.

You partially inflate them and put them in with the valves all facing in a direction you can still access them, then inflate them to the desired psi.

At the national races (GNCCs) they swap/install tireballs on site for people. They have a cool machine that has a zillion hoses on it so they can inflate them all at once. I was so thinking of ways I could swipe it without them noticing ;)