Mouses

furby

Have Mouses ever been used on mountain bikes?

Surely they would be ideal on DH and AM bikes?

For this that dont know, Mouses are dense foam rings that sit inside the tyre and remove the need for an inner tube or tubless system and are totally puncture prove.

They work out at about the same weight as a high density tube on an enduro motorbike so doesnt make any difference to unsprung weight.

no more punctures. 8)

They are increasingly propular with enduro motorbike racers, surely they would be ideal for MTB racers. It only takes one puncute to ruin a race and a championship chance.

supersonic

Like the foam tyres we used to have? They were fecking beyond comprehension! You lost most of the advantages of pressurized pneaumatics, and they slid and wobbled on the rim when cornering.

nicklouse

never been used as far as i am aware.

too much rolling resistance IIRC.

furby

supersonic wrote:

Like the foam tyres we used to have? They were fecking beyond comprehension! You lost most of the advantages of pressurized pneaumatics, and they slid and wobbled on the rim when cornering.

Never seen foam tyres on a MTB. Got a pic of one?

Use of rim locks stop the tyre spinning on rim.

As for the lose of being able to adjust the tyre pressure, there are now MEM, mulit element mouses. Made up from sections of the same material, put more in to the tyre for higher 'presure'

supersonic

They died a death - it was basically a 'micro' foam filled tyre, very similar to what you just posted.

They probably work better on MX bike due to the much weightier tyre carcass.

And as nick says, they had a lot of rolling resistance. They did feel like riding through mud!

Raymondavalon

I recall a product in South Africa called "Permatube" when I lived over there
It was a medium density neoprene foam tube replacement
They were available in all popular sizes (but never saw them in 700c / racing bike size though)
My kid stuck them into his BMX tyres and they made it near impossible to fit the tyres with a small bicycle type tyre lever. I ended up using a motorcycle tyre lever.
He then winged that they were too damned heavy, so being the diligent father I removed them, again the tyres were swines to remove..

furby

hmmm interesting. I did wander if the weight scaled down from the motorbike to bicycles.

Cheers.

Northwind

I remember some sort of foam tyres from years ago, they were the exact colour of a green welly... a mate of mine had them on his bike. Never punctured, but they did just fall off the wheel sometimes if he cornered too hard MUCH better than puncturing, or at least funnier. Wish I could remember the brand...

Oh, and it's mousse!

dave_hill

I've never used a mouse on my bike. Personally I find the idea of using any rodent on my bike to be quite unacceptable.

robertpb

When I saw this thread all I could think of was Fred Flintstone.

Need something to keep the rain off me shades.

Anonymous

They used to use mousse on Rally cars, it was in a pressurised container, so that if the car had a puncture, the mousse would expand and fill the tyre.

Take a guess why the tyres were initially inflated with air.

Hercule Q

i put hampsters in my wheels, they make me climb quicker

Splottboy

Surely you mean "Meeces." Like Mr Jinks, in the Hanna Barbera cartoons say's, "I hate those Meeces, to like pieces, if you know what I mean.."

anjs

the squeaking would drive me mad