Air less tyres.
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Air less tyres.
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A South African company produced TOOBZ which were intended to replace a normal inner tube. They were a hardened foam, which were made, at the time, for 26inch MTB wheels. They also produced them for 26X1 1/4 inch. They never really became popular as they were intended for one particular shape of rim. If you fitted them to others, as I did, they quickly took the shape of the rim, leaving a gap between the tyre, which caused the tyre to flap about and quickly destroy itself! This was 15-20 years ago. Last time I saw any was in South Africa, about 7 years ago. They were a different colour to the ones we had here, so maybe they had managed to overcome the problem? I cut down some of the thinner ones and have them in a couple of my Moultons, saves having to pump them up all the time.