tire balls

vlad

This man put tennis balls to replace the tube in his motorcyle tires. It worked. Now his company makes plastic balls to replace tubes in tires.

http://tireballs.com/tireballs.html

see video
http://tireballs.com/

Probably won't be long until they offer balls to replace tubes in bicycle tires.

moparchris

umm why?

im sure tubeless would be lighter and self sealing so... www.notubes.com

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RIC0

I have tireballs in my ATV and have a friend that works at tireballs, they also are 6 miles from my work and I've visited the factory many times. I've even wrote an article about them and how they are made on my website. here's the link ---> http://www.quadzone.com/Tire_balls/Making_Tireballs.htm

They are virtually puncture resistant and wiegh less than a standard tube in a tire and have no balance issue unless you run over 80 mph.

I've been trying to talk them into making me some for my XC bike. They made some for a guy at maxxis that runs downhill and he loved them. He actually blew out a few spokes and kept on going. They are a thing of amazement and will turn the mountain bike world upside down for sure.

Fill free to ask me any questions you have about them.

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Mpc350

Ok that's just freaky, and i would love to try them. only.... how do you get the tire on the rim when it's full of tireballs. The bead expands against the rim under pressure, so...


Also, do the tireballs lose pressure after a period of time? I need to add air every week to my tires currently.

RIC0

Getting the balls in there will probably require a tool, just like they use for dirtbike and atv tires. Without the tools it's nearly impossible to get the bead set.

The extra traction you get from the balls is truly amazing and you still get plenty of tire roll and all the other benefits of running low pressure.

They do not need aired up that I know of. Maybe check them once every 6 months or so. Only thing you'll not be able to do is constantly change pressure in them. You can but it will be a lot of work. You'll have to find a happy medium pressure and just go with that in all conditions.

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Mpc350

So they are not pre-filled... they have air valves on them, so you can maintain them and set them to the required pressure?

vlad

RICO

Thanks a bunch. Yours are the first tire balls user comments I have seen.

I am curious if one might remove air tube and install super bouncy balls in bicycle tire.
http://www.gumballs.com/bouncy-balls.html

Noone at Claire Files was enthused at that idea. O well.
http://www.tcftalk.com/clairefiles/...p?topic=10444.0

RIC0

Yes each ball comes with a valve so adjusting pressure is an option. But you'll need a needle and other tools from tireballs to do this.

If you were to order them they will fill the balls up for you at the pressure you request, so don't think they'll show up empty.

Also, they do not act like a tennis ball or other ball with air, so there would be no bouncing effect while going down the trail. The impact hits and change shape but do not bounce, per say, back to original form.

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