Part 1 of our series reviewing tubeless tire inserts featured the Tannus Armour Tubeless gravel tire insert, a relative newcomer in this category. We reviewed the Cushcore Gravel/CX insert several ...
Mountain bike tyres face a tough life and, considering the plethora of technological developments in the sport, it's perplexing that something as trivial as a flat tyre is still an issue. Riders ...
The mountain biking industry is renowned for churning out the next ‘must have’ component or accessory. But for every dropper post and 1x groupset, there are bucket loads that all claim to transform ...
Tubeless mountain bike tires certainly improve on their conventional counterparts, but could they perform even better? The OPTIS insert is claimed to help them do so, by serving as an inflatable ...
The OPTIS (Odyssey Pneumatic Tire Insert System) is a lightweight, tunable, tyre insert, which is inflated with a bike pump rather than arriving as a fully turgid foam strip. Similar to a motorcycle ...
Summer is officially here, in the Northern Hemisphere at least, and with it comes puncture season. Here in Barcelona, Spain, the lack of rain from May onwards means the streets build up a tire-killing ...
Gravel riding was meant to be the escape. A rebellion against the rigid world of road racing. No rules, no regulations—just you, your bike, and a whole lot of dirt. It promised freedom, particularly ...