What makes a bicycle tire puncture proof and what is a tire carcass?
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- In this video Grant explains the different types of puncture protection in our tires and what role the carcass plays in this.
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0:00 Intro
0:19 Tour segment
2:06 Mountain bike segment
2:34 Gravel segment
3:07 Road segment 
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Thanks guys for this basic but really important info! Also thanks for making actual puncture proof tires 🙂
Not heard a bad review yet. When I get my ebike I will get these tires
I bought the marathon almotion tubeless c:
To date: When a rubber tube is fitted to a tyre there is no such thing as Puncture Proof!!!
4:14
Materials and production lines saving costs, for also recycling purpose is maybe why for example, the city category, you could get rid of all the tire with less than 4.5 stars on your puncture scale and very low outdoor capacity (because also of no puncture protection).
MARATHON RACER - min size 30
BIG APPLE K-GUARD - min size 50
BIG BEN K-GUARD - min size 40
FAT FRANK - min size 50
KOJAK (bad on wet ) - min size 32
ROAD CRUISER - min size 28
Those references should be stopped in your production line up.
You would gain more on productions' costs, ecology and benefits if you could just stop those.
Improving the sizing charts on the really good models for puncture at least, allowing more road wheels to mount those thick and durable tires, gaining weight, material costs, rolling... Because a 25/622 will have more rolling than a 40-622.
If you could allow more road wheels to get road tires sizing with 6-7 stars on puncture , then you don't need to produce poor puncture proof tires with poor wet gripping capacity.
Also you can not say that those tires with 3+ stars on puncture can have a decent 3+ stars on outdoor area.
And one more suggestion, can you improve the filters on your Products page.
The filters TYP + Purpose of use + More filters : are almost unreadable for anybody.
Maybe you could rearrange the readability with something like the stars scale used in the description of the models.
Adding also in those filters the sizing and a clear button to separate the E-tires models and tubeless ready products from the other ones.
So you have already the tools and you just need to swap and replace the filters so hard to understand for people who need clear indications for their need, for them to search on the third party shops.
You could save costs for the consumers, by allowing yourself to sell directly and maybe reduce on the prices, compared to the inflation done by third parties and then you could even be more competitive and more ecological compared to your competitors.
You have the stock, you just need a internal tool to gathers accounts and sell directly, simple as that, nowadays it's not that hard.
Which could be great, if you could allow to your consumers to sent you back directly their tires to improve your recycling ""card"", project and capacity. One stone, two birds.
I hope that i am not saying nonsense and wish you the best... and thanks for your engagement pushing further for the market to be more responsible.
Thank you for your very detailed feedback. We're sure some of these points need to be addressed. We've actually forwarded the entire feedback to the relevant people here at Schwalbe.
Hello 😄.
I am going to use YT again to give my feedback about your website and its readability / informations
In technology / faq : Tire tube
Which special features does a Schwalbe tube offer?
You say :
A tube covers many tire sizes through its high elasticity and quality. Tube no. 17 works with tires from a width of 28 mm up to 47 mm - a great advantage for stockholding in the trade. At the same time, it is proof of the quality of the tube
BUT in
Product => Tubes
The Air Plus become visible only with a 37-622 size. It never shows up with a 28 size.
If i choose Air plus with the ""Execution"" filter, 37 is going to be the smallest size.
Maybe you could change your tool to show the whole possible sizing like : 28-47/622 for example.
Also, the filters are not really easy to read, like those used for the tires.
Filter : Execution
Nothing can be sorted by, all the references are all over the place in disorder.
Another example : Aerothan gives no information, nothing is showing, no reference at all.
The customers will maybe never know the whole possibility that you describe in ""In technology / faq : Tire tube"".
Making choices and researches even harder and maybe not with what they wanted, wished for from the start.
Maybe even some shops won't tell or know the whole details.
You need to update, upgrade your filters, this maybe costs you money because the communication is lacking for the consumers.
I hope that my feedback is not stupid, sorry if it is.
Thank you for your very detailed feedback. We're sure some of these points need to be addressed. We've actually forwarded the entire feedback to the relevant people here at Schwalbe.