Never get another flat tire for $80?! Installing and riding the Tannus Armour Tube protector

[@RideTannus]

Hey *JohnnyNerdOut* thanks for the review. Install goes smoother in these steps: 1. Install one bead of the tire 2. Install one bead of the Tannus Armour insert. 3. Install your inner tube. 4. Finish installing bead of the insert then the tire and boom! Good go! Cheers

[@twotwentyswift]

I just did mine using those steps and both were done in a little over 20 minutes. Super easy! The thing that took the most time was using my road bike pump to pump up 4.6 inch fat tires 😂

[@erikkalifornia5182]

When using tannus armor inserts, you're supposed to use smaller tubes to account for the extra space the foam inserts take up inside the tire. If your bike is a 24x2.6, then you need a tube that is 24x1.5-2.0

[@ju9piter]

Other people have pointed out that the instructions say to put the liner in first, and then the tube. Also I found it much, much easier to cut some of the thin part of the liner, ie the sidewall part. That made it much easier to install. Also, Flat Out is much better than the slime stuff and it can be used with or without Tannus Armour liners. Flat Out helps if something makes it through the liner to the tube. Good luck!

[@ecopennylife]

I've had mine installed since Apr 2020 on my Electra Townie Go - no punctures for 15 months! Used to get a puncture every 6 months with tube sealant. My bike shop installed for me 😉

[@ecopennylife]

@@jerryx2000 you still use a tube with lower than usual pressure, the foam piece goes inbetween the tube and outer tyre to protect the tube - see the #shorts Tannus Armour video on my channel

[@Sky123music]

Thanks for the video. I found out , it is easier to install the tannus first in the tires

[@nikoulph]

Made a bickepacking trip to Kirgyzstan few years ago... Thorns were a nightmare. Flatted my wheel 5 times in a single day once. Really looking forward for some solutions

[@JohnnyNerdOut]

I used to get flats every 100-200 from goat heads here in Salt Lake City. I’m a little over 600 miles now since adding these with no flats

[@nikoulph]

@@JohnnyNerdOut Thank you man for your feedback, I will really consider.

[@schristiansen3151]

I'll bet you love The Road from Karakol !

[@derykmacleod4979]

I am thinking about it because getting a flat in the winter time is the worst lol

[@thatbikerdude1378]

Thanks! Did anyone try Tannus airless tires on their road or gravel bike yet?

[@tenbadthings]

Put those on my Specialized tricross. 100% satisfied. I run over goatsheads on purpose.

[@mastershockvalue6499]

I had Flat Out in mine for a month and the back tire is flat again. I’m definitely gonna put the Tannus Armour in.

[@daviddevale]

Live in Bentonville Arkansas. Been riding Cush core for 2 years, zero issues. Got a new Canyon and they had a 27.5 tannus at the ship so I went for it. Not even 45 minutes into my ride bam pinged the rim, dented the rim, tore the tires beef and I’m flat. Same trail i ride didn’t almost daily (loam wolf) and according to strava 57 times in just the last year. Needless to say I’ll never buy another Tannus insert!

[@Crimson3ffect]

Installing mine this weekend, definitely trimming the edges!

[@realestatestudent213]

Great video.. It took me over an hour to install mine!!

[@JohnnyNerdOut]

First ones are tough!

[@rabcburns4986]

I fitted a pair of these liners to 20" x 2.125" tyres....it took me an hour on each one.....I hope I never get a puncture, it could take a long time to repair it.

[@JohnnyNerdOut]

They took me forever at first too. I think the last one took about 5 mins. It was a 20”x 1.75 I believe on a trailer. Practice makes perfect, but hopefully you don’t have to have much practice😀

[@Sputz3]

Once you get them in and they are in for a wile it’s a breeze to change once they are settled on being round.

[@orionharmon6017]

Take your time no rush, it takes time to put the thing in there you know so this is your first time using it.

[@frankbailey7216]

Installed mine in June, didn't ride for 3 months during the winter months. Caught a flat on my Lectric XP yesterday, March 21st (wood screw) despite having "armour" installed. And no, I couldn't ride on it flat. The tire became unsealed. I used to get a flat about once or twice per month before I installed them, so I guess it helped a little.

[@getstrongby4038]

I mean a wood screw is pretty hard-core compared to rubber Sounds like a random unlucky one

[@terryknipe5497]

i got told you have to let all the air out and let the armour 'rebound' back to its normal size for a couple of days every 6 months or so - as it gets flattened and thinned out as you use it. just installed mine in one tire - was pretty tiring but got there in the end - hope it helps me too.

[@danbrownellfuzzy3010]

Want to go with tannus on my 50cc motorized bike. These bikes maximize tire problems, and minimize your ability to pedal back. I usually just dump the bike in the weeds and walk back after I get a snakebite. 700 38... which tubes go in there the 700 23 ?

[@johnf3326]

Used lots of talc installing mine. Not difficult in my 29 x 2.6 tyre

[@stephanevdm]

which size of inner tube do you use with this tyre size ?

[@moayadsaeed]

really good video. Thank you. Now i know how to fit mine. well but mine is 28 x 1 3/8 x 1 5/8. so it is going to be tough. i know.

[@RyKingUploads]

What's the verdict after 6 months, any flats?

[@JohnnyNerdOut]

None yet 😀👍

[@Thomas-yr9ln]

There's thrones were I am but they don't penitrat my new tires on my ebike. After a tire has about a year of wear the rubber gets a lot softer and easy to puncher.

[@holyghost3824]

Can I still use the 29in tube and put it in the 29in tannus armor ???

[@trailerparkelvis1563]

I bought tannus armour, I have the smaller inner tubes on the way, what presser do I go by? Should I stick with the recommended presser for my tire or for the tire size that the smaller tube is meant for?

[@ecopennylife]

You run the tyres at a lower pressure with Tannus armour, maybe 25 psi instead of 50, may need a bit of trial and error.

[@yerhan1572]

Had one fitted on my e bike with 20 inch wheels mine was ordered with a tube that goes with the liner the tube is smaller than normal

[@longrider42]

I hope by now you realize you are supposed to use a inner tube that is smaller then what you normally use. I run a 26x1.75 rear tire on my two wheeled recumbent. And its a bugger to change a tire on that thing. So I am having one of the Armour inserts installed. The tube that will be used is a actual 26x1.5 inch tube. So the tube needs to be smaller then normal. Hope this helps.

[@olitonottero7620]

1:42 Inner tube being too big for the Tannus Armour. When you use Tannus Armour with an inner tube you need to use a slightly smaller tube than the size listed on the side of your tyre. See the 'Tannus Armour Size Guide' on homepage

[@stevenorsinelli4029]

GREAT VIDEO, THANKS!

[@schristiansen3151]

Goat heads are the devil to us Utah riders. My Strava friends call me Sir Flatcelot. I just spent 1k on tubeless rims and tires for my road bike and bought my first fat bike yesterday which I'm converting with a Bafang BBSHD, which is what has me binge-watching your channel.. I was bummed that you were out of stock on everything I needed, going to your website and hoping to buy from you. Good to have you in Utah Johnny!

[@williamhudson5384]

is your bbshd tuned down to accomodate that sturmey archer IGH? im putting an alfine 8 on my surly with bbshd and worried it will rip it up if not altered correctly. ive got an eggrider so have the capability to tune things but you seem to have had this bike for a while so i was just hoping for a little insight to the practice of its longevity . love all your videos btw youre great.

[@LarryRichelli]

I used tannus armour and they worked great but the weight for none ebikes is no good.

[@arieswaters]

Throw these things don't even weigh anything. Serious when you buy a box with this and it it totally feels like an empty box. Hey wait this box is empty I want my money back

[@dlineboyz5549]

48 miles damn credit to you I could never

[@olitonottero7620]

Super helpful thanks !! There's an interesting test comparison of various tire liners + Tannus Armour + Schwalbe Marathon E-Pluss tire You can find it by searching the title: "Puncture Resistant Tire Liners Test: Puncture Resistance, Rolling Resistance, and Grip Tests. Published: 2022-08-17 by Jarno Bierman"

[@jackpumkinhead9583]

thanks been looking at these

[@zxdfty77]

It is too bad that you sped up your vídeo so much. I tuned in because I want to see how to install these, but missed out on a lot of details because it was 4x faster than real time.

[@JohnnyNerdOut]

😞

[@zxdfty77]

...Nevertheless, THANKS a lot for trying! 😉

[@matthewhoopes4440]

I got a flat once on a biking trip and as I was changing the tire in the tall grass on the side of the hwy, I realized I was standing on an ant mound. Not pleasant

[@EastBayLife510]

thanks for the info

[@Brandonmtbni]

I might see abt getting one cause I ride a tube and I was going on a dh trail and I got a flat I was so mad

[@JohnnyNerdOut]

That’ll ruin a day

[@itsokswallow]

what is a goatheads?

[@arieswaters]

There are these nasty tough Thorns that grow on vines here from the ground all over Utah

[@jj80251]

arrgghh thanks I was thinking this was not working out

[@gregmaggert8561]

That's what she said. Nice install

[@MHH3180]

I don't deal with Goat Heads. I would be concerned that eventually they will migrate through that foam the same way small pieces of glass do without a liner. Staying out of the gutter and taking my lane, I have not had a flat in four years of never less than 3500 year round commuting miles.

[@JohnnyNerdOut]

Where do you live again?

[@MHH3180]

@@JohnnyNerdOut The Quad Cities, on the border of Iowa and Illinois, where the river flows both East and West. A lot like riding the like you did and I do when visiting Chicago.

[@MHH3180]

I have heard of folks warming these either laying in the sun or on very low heat in an oven to help install them. Everyone still says they are a pain.

[@dougrich1970]

I like your videos i also like the way you start your video looking like you have just woke up then half way through the video after wrestling with the liners you looked like you had drank 4 doubles shot Expresso's any way all jokes aside are there's available for fat tires 4.8" i will do my own research but at this time im guessing not and i recon you tired because you have nothing but ebike coming out of your ears and you cant sleep at night should it be an 02 or an hd lol... Lets all Nerd out its all ment to be good so let take it that way and life would be a better place if there were more Ebike 🤙🏻fun thanks and all the best Doug Uk Style from the 250w 36v possy... My Ares I've just through one of then in the trash lol🤙🏻

[@itsokswallow]

try using silicone

[@matthewhoopes4440]

You're not doing it right. I hope that helps. Lol

[@24califrank]

Lol it took me 5 min

[@narayankumar3349]

🙂👌🏻👍

[@Musicalguruisinjail]

thanks Johnny 😌