Run flat tyres on your bike | Vittoria Air-liner road - Review

This is perfect for my 1 to 3 hour short rides. I like the safety aspect and that is worth it for me.

When all is lost these will get you home. That was enough for me to install them. I’ve been riding them for a while now.

Besides the safety. One of the best things about these are that you can run even lower pressures without worrying about damaging your rim if you hit a pothole. It dampens the impact. Here they don't emphasize that. But this can be very important especially if you have expensive carbon wheels.

While I completely agree that the liners are a pain to install, they have saved two rides since I installed them two weeks ago. I was on a 100K charity ride and got a puncture about 5 miles from the next rest stop. Sealant did seal the puncture, but not before the majority of the air was released. I rode comfortably to the rest stop, checked the seal, added some CO2, and after a snack, we were back on our way. Lost a little more air about an hour down the road. I stopped quickly to boost the CO2, and finished the ride without issue. Once home, I patched the puncture hole, and wrestled the liner back in, but the patch let loose on my usual 20 mile ride route a few days later. Finished without issue thanks totally to the air liner. I'm quite pleased with the purchase and have recommended them to others. They are worth both the cost and installation hassle compared to having to fix flats, or install an inner tube on the roadside.

Thanks for honest review. After ad from GCN I wanted to buy one , but it is no deal for me after this vid. Thank lads , you saved me some money and extra pain with installation!

Really appreciate the honest review!

just bought a set for my 36ml round trip commute, not every day!, I decided to purchase them as If I cannot plug a hole in the tyre there is no way in hell I can reseat a tubeless tyre at the side of the road-despite using a couple of different tyres makes they are very tight to fit and a at least these will allow me to ride home

After GCN video I was sure I will be buying it... After your review I know it is absolutely nonsense and I will be better bringing spare tube with me :))) thanks!!!

Appreciate the review, it was something I'm considering. I intended going tubeless after my current tyres wears out. I hoped that the liners allow me to continue riding whilst being flat, it seems that it's not an option and you saved me from a costly experience. I purchased Stan's dart kit hopefully I made a good choice

Many thanks. This has told me these are not what I thought, and not really useful for me. Knowing that is enormously helpful! Very good, thorough and thoughtful review.

Great honest review with some good points

You seem to have made the same mistake a lot of us make installing tire inserts. I wish they would give us this tip, but they don’t. Here is the trick. Put on one side of the tire first, then the tire insert. Tuck the tire side you have on the rim towards the center of the rim. Now do the same with the other side of the rim (tuck it towards the center of the rim under the insert). If you don’t do this, it will be nearly impossible to get the tire on. Then seat the tire.

Great review, and I'm discouraged from buying these because cause I would make my LBS install them, lol

At 6'2'' 185lbs, I seriously doubt that these would basically prevent me from just rolling directly on the rim, seeing how deformed they were in this video. Repairing a tubeless flat is indeed a hassle but I much prefer that to ruining my wheels. Too bad, it was a good idea, just not for me.

Seems like a good idea in your front wheel to give more control to stop if your have a blowout on a descent - otherwise, can’t see any benefit to sticking in an emergency tube

i finally had my tubeless tire not seal the hole was larger than 1/4 inch and tire went completely flat blowout...QUESTION LIAM.....IF I had these vittoria inserts...would it saved my day to get me enough pressure to get home?? honest advice. GP 5000 25mm

Having been riding bikes for nearly 60 years now I still don't think I will be using anything other than innertubes, the faff element is still too much, I'm not against new innovation ( love Di2 ) but inner tubes are just so easy .

Thoughts on plugs? I've used bacon strips for the last three flats I had where the sealant didn't do the trick. 700 x 30 Corsa N.Ext Tires with inserts. The plugs held with the 60 - 70 psi I ride them on. Is that just dumb?? I had one plug in the front tire and two plugs in the rear. I think the ideal way to ideal is to patch the tires but it is such a pain in the ars to unmount and mount this system. I just wore them out and replaced them with Conti 5000's.

I'd agree with the review; has it's benefits, but also limitations. They'd probably make sense in winter, when rides are shorter, and are usually based on doing short loops.

The safety aspect of not directly running on the rims during a complete pressure loss is a nice touch - but the "runflat" aspect surely leaves to be desired when you inevitably damage the tire sidewalls after a longer ride on a flat tire. on the other hand, when you have such a big cut that its not sealed up you pretty much gonna ditch the tire sooner or later anyway....hm.