Review on 🚴 Tannus Armour Tire Inserts: Puncture-Proof Bike Tube Protector for Thorns & Pinching by Brad Jeffress

About five years ago I finally said goodbye to tubeless models. I'm not a racer who wants to save 100 grams. I just want to be able to ride all day without spending hours fixing flat tires (often with a camera anyway) or worrying if the air pressure is too low to hold the bead or protect the rim when I'm hitting rocks drive. . I ended up just putting tire sealant back on the inevitable replacement tubes. However, this still leaves the possibility of pinching and damaging the rim. This solves both problems at once. My kit included a good set of Kenda 26 tubes at 1.50-1.75. The liners and tubes fitted easily into the 26x240 MTB tire and mounting the tire really wasn't any harder than usual. Some tire sizes require the sides of the liner to be cut (I didn't have that) but they actually have a line showing exactly where to cut. And unlike most tubeless rim protectors, they shouldn't be difficult to service in the field should a flat tire somehow occur. about 30/35 miles of mixed dirt road, singletrack and rock strewn fire road. An interesting observation on the pavement is that the knobby 35-pound tires have pleasingly low rolling resistance. In the mud, the advice to lower the air pressure by about five pounds from normal seems to apply. I usually keep 22 to 25 pounds in the dirt. But running about 5 pounds lighter seems to feel about the same. They also let you exude confidence if you want to. I know these aren't the fancy tubeless kludges everyone is now fighting to install (field exploitation!?). But I'm also an unpaid racer pushing the latest trends. I'm just happy enough with them to order another set to try on 700 tires on my 42 gravel bike. which were also converted back into lamps.