Punctures!!! Grrrrrrrr

[Scooterman]

How do I go about fitting rear wheels and tyres like these to my new 'used' salsa/jive?

[shirley_hkg]

This may help.
https://www.wheelchairdriver.com/board/ ... 1&start=30

[shirley_hkg]

Details here .
https://www.wheelchairdriver.com/board/ ... 5&start=90

[Jay_x]

Question: do pnuematic knobby tires wear out faster than pnuematic smooth tires?

[Burgerman]

By around 20 times in my experience. They just dont like hard surfaces. I tried various off road style rubber. All of it lasted around 2 months on paved surfaces. Slick style tyres, esp real road going ones like the tubeless ones I use mostly seem to last years.

[Jay_x]

ok thanks

[ex-Gooserider]

Many folks also report that the knobby style also give a much less comfortable ride as you get a bobble going from one knob to the next....

ex-Gooserider

[Khreat]

Has anybody found a decent puncture proofing solution for tubed tyres? From what I've read, even the OKO off road sealant will not help much.
Someone I saw today uses their scooter in a community garden, so will constantly be getting punctures with pneumatics but they're a really odd size so infilled isn't an option.

[Burgerman]

Yes. Swap wheels for some that can use tubeless tyres. I started doing this after having around 30 punctures in a 2 year period. It droveme nuts. The infilled ones cause my muscle spasm to feel like an electric shock as I roll along. So those were out.

So why tubeless? For one these are normally a much tougher road going solution. The tyres themselves are much higher quality build wise and heavier construction. And if you do get a nail or something in the tyre, which has happened I just ignore it or pull it out. The tyre sealer will seal a tubeless tyres garanteed even with some huge holes like 1/4 inch drill... Tested and watched demos at various motorcycle shows. The problem with tubes is that they are like balloons and a nail even if it made a small hole cant be sealed. As the tube is thin, stretched, moves around and expands around the hole due to the pressure.

The problem is that you cant just buy tubeless rims that bolt straight on. So you will need to make or have made some adapters. Some scooters now do have tubeless tyres as stock. So swapping your scooter may be an option.

Theres nothing really that you can do with tubes. They are just unreliable. No way to help that.
It might be better to use tubeless tyres on stock rims even with a tube. As they are usually much more substantial.

[Khreat]

Thanks burgerman. I'm not sure it's possible to go tubeless with this as it's still in warranty.

I recently started working as a tech for a mobility company and the scooter is a customer's. I want to do right by the customer's but have to work within the way the company does things or create a decent argument.