"EZ Tadpole SX" part 7.

Back to High Pressure - Low rolling resistance Tires...

< Setting Up and Adjusting a Tadpole from assembly

< Installing solid tubes called "NoMorFlat"

< Using a Greenspeed Headrest on the SUN EZ Tadpole seat

< Installing a Fender Set & Rear Rack on the Tadpole

< Going from wide to sharp turning radius, The STEERING CHANGE

< Putting a Honda luggage Box on the Rack

< Lights, and several ways to mount them

< Going back to High Pressure Tires / Tubes

Primo Comet 20" x 1 1/8" Tire > Fast rolling pneumatic tire. Kevlar belted. Comes in black with optional reflective stripe on sidewall.

Size; 20 x 1.125" (26-451). 110 max psi. Weight: 258g. It cost me $29.00 each one, give or take a dollar or two.

... I went back to tubes air-type tires, after over a thousand miles* on the the No-Mor-Flat "solid" tires.

* OK, so I gave the solid tubed tires a good deal of time to see how they are, and get quite used to them.

The up side: The high rolling resistance is suddenly gone! Bumps are far more severe in 'feel' but I can almost coast going uphill! These 'aired' tires are high speed!! Where I was previously having to keep pedalling just to keep up momentum, I now fly without hardly any effort.

The down side: The 'cushyness' of the NoMoreFlat tubes was an interesting side-effect. What used to be mild bumps are a bit more harsh... I've discovered the roads I thought were 'not so bad' - are. That and I worry about getting a flat now. I have to carry a fix-a-flat kit.