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Review on ๐Ÿ›ด ASTVSHOP Solid Tire Wheel Replacements for Xiaomi Mi M365 / Gotrax GXL V2 - 8.5 inch Explosion-Proof Scooter Tires by Robert Espinoza

Revainrating 5 out of 5

However, the reviews worried me.

I never write reviews but all the complaints about the fit made me horrified trying to put this on and wanted to provide some clarification. First I bought them for the Pioneer Hover-1 and they fit great in the back. The front will probably fit as well, but I only mounted the back. I have two of these scooters and the first one had a flat bottom, I bought a replacement inner tube and struggled with it for an hour before taking it to a bike shop to put the inner tube in and pump it up without pinching it. When I picked it up the bike shop basically said don't bring another because it was such a PITA. Of course, a day later the second one lost his butt and I decided to order this tubeless tire. All the reviews say it's impossible to install so I set aside 2 hours to try and fight it but after removing the tire it took less than 5 minutes. The bottom line is that you need to boil a tire for 10 minutes before attempting to install it. It gets hot, so wear gloves, but once I cooked it I could basically stand with one foot on the rim and work my way around the edges with the included tire iron and a flathead screwdriver. I wouldn't say it was easy, but it's doable if you cook the hoop and use basic physics. Hope this helps everyone on the fence. After that I tried it and everything seems similar, you can definitely feel the ground more behind on bumps (the front still has a tubular tire), but I think it's a small price to pay not to worry to puncture tires.

Pros
  • good thing
Cons
  • not bad