The airless tires have their advantages, but also their disadvantages.
The airless tires have their advantages, but also their disadvantages.
Advantage: they last longer in colder temperatures (below 20 C/68 F), any surface is irrelevant – especially in the forest with sharp branches, roots, stones and nasty things like nails, thorns, broken glass.
Disadvantage: they are all unbalanced, uneven and heavy.
Many reported wobbly handling (only at certain speeds). The most vivid was the video with the Duke_01-M24, how it wobbled badly with the airless tires – without tires, the M24 ran jacked up without wobbling (with a glass of water on the board as proof).
I absolutely love the big tires (255×90) for mud, forest, snow, when it’s wet and the terrain is unknown. You only notice the tires being uneven when you drive straight on asphalt.
The pneumatic tires have other advantages
Significantly lighter, much cheaper, different air pressures make the handling adjustable.
I personally ride with pneumatic tires on the M24Pro off road electric skateboard with a maximum of 23 PSI (tendency to be less). I once rode over 20km without air because of a flat tube – that’s OK – it even had great grip in the forest. Since then I’ve never had to worry about losing air or not having enough air in it.
On asphalt and when you want to carve, the air pressure is again crucial. I like the freedom of being able to adjust it using different air pressures.
In a few words pneumatic are better,but taller tires roll over obstacles better,wider float over loose or wet terrain better and pneumatic grip everything better lol
