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Installing solid tires without locking pins?

Bicycles Asked on August 15, 2021

Finally I decided to buy solid tires. At the moment I placed the order I did not know that they are installed with locking pins. Is it required to have locking pins or I can just pull the tire onto a rim?

Solid 700c tires

2 Answers

A seller of airless tires in 2013 demonstrates how to install his product onto a (spokeless) rim, pushing it in place, using a zip tie cinched tight to hold it for starters as he progressively levers the tire over the rim flange with a large, plastic prying spatula, finally kneading it all round, inch by inch, to seat the tyre.

This writer suggests it may go easier if the tire is warmed up. Cursing may do the trick.

Answered by Reid Welch on August 15, 2021

No - because the solid tire can be put onto a rim, but the only problem is that they come off as soon as you brake for a corner.

Sites like aliexpress.com and Amazon all sell those solid bike tires without the t-bolts to attach it to the wheel rim.

So don't buy them without the plastic t-bolts!

Answered by Roger Campeau on August 15, 2021

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