Balls in your Tyres

[DeanMember]

I sold some tyres to a regular customer today and we got onto the subject of tyre pressures. Mike said “I run Ze rear tyre at 0.8 Bar (with a true german accent :laugh: )and in Ze front I use Ze tennis balls!!” I said your joking, :blink: Nein Nein I get Ze used tennis balls from the local courts and stuff them in the front tyre” I have seen those tyre balls before but thought it was a bit weird to run”ZE Tennis Balls :laugh: ” anyway he swears by it. Might have to give it a go one day :laugh: anyone else done some weird shit like that?

Ollie

[GregMember]

I have seen these Ollie before, but they need to be greased to slip around the tyre and I cant work out how with tennis balls you could do that. They would chaff to pieces otherwise if you know what I mean like a dry mousse tube

http://www.tireballs.com/

But then if he runs retreads anything is possible I guess

Get some photos maybe :huh:

TB

[glennMember]

sounds like the old ZF fairlane rear suspension trick…let us know how it goes nipple, just dont ride new a tennis court :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[DeanMember]

Boony wrote:

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sounds like the old ZF fairlane rear suspension trick…let us know how it goes nipple, just dont ride new a tennis court :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

C’MOOOOONNNNNN!!!

Ollie :laugh:

[DeanMember]

He said by the time it was time to replace the front tyre he had about 6 balls that had lost their pressure but were still working Ok. He doesnt even remove the green felt covering :dry:

Ollie

[glennMember]

wouldnt a tube be cheaper???????

spose its better than having tyres in your balls????

sorry

Boony

[GregMember]

Ollie wrote:

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He said by the time it was time to replace the front tyre he had about 6 balls that had lost their pressure but were still working Ok. He doesnt even remove the green felt covering :dry:

Ollie

I still cant understand as a Mousse generates so much heat and needs lube?? You should try it Ollie, at least you cant pinch them or glue the patches on without removing the backing :laugh: :laugh: Very interesting but, and really if someone is cheap enough to run a retread tennis balls aren’t a stretch really eh?

Will watch this space be cheaper then a $200 mousse :laugh:

I saw a guy on a ride once try stuffing a rear tyre with dry grass, was very funny and didnt work :laugh:

TB

[GregMember]

This is worth a read, it gets fairly emotionally charged towards the end but is worth a look :laugh:

TB

[DeanMember]

Bloody Yanks!! :blink: I give up after reading 6-7 paragraphs :laugh:

Ollie

[Dwayne OMember]

Tennis Balls ??????????

Got to be kidding :laugh:

What ever floats his boat, I really can`t see the point :blink:

We get sick of the things going flat after 2 set on a wed night at our local comp and we are far, far from Roger Federer style :laugh:

Interesting thread tough Nipples,,,, i mean Ollie

[ChrisMember]

I might try some golf balls. I bet that would work great!

Chris

[MalMember]

chris72a wrote:

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I might try some golf balls. I bet that would work great!

Chris

Make sure you get some video of the first ride Chris.

Sounds interesting Ollie. Would be funny changing a trye at the A4DE and tennis balls flying out everywhere. :laugh:

Does Mike use any special type of tennis ball as stated in that link from TB. I only scanned through it as they seemed to lose the plot there somewhere.

[DeanMember]

No Mal, but he did say that the used ones were better as they could be fitted into the tyre more easily. I personally believe that the tireballs that TB linked and Mousse tubes would do a better job,me I will stick to the UHD tubes and Slime to prevent flats. Mike tried the balls because he got two flats on the front in one ride.

Ollie

[GregMember]

10 months ago Ollie mentioned Tennis balls in your front tyre and I like everybody laughed at him.

Well a well known industry person today mentioned running tennis balls in the the front rather than a Mousse. I laughed but soon realised he was deadly serious :huh:

So to settle this I am thinking of trying it :blink: any input would be welcomed

TB

[DeanMember]

Mike Ze German has come back several times and he is still using them,so they must be doing the job :laugh:

I have just purchased a set of Tubliss and will be interested to see how they go as well

Ollie

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