Great article. For anyone thinking of going inserts, I can't stress it enough - watch the YouTube tutorials on installation and FOLLOW THEM TO A TEE! You will save yourself a lot of misery - particularly for CushCore. And when they "recommend" you use a plastic garbage can to support the wheel during installation - they mean it. I couldn't imagine installing CC without the garbage can. Also applicable to other insert installs.
As was touched on in the article, to fully appreciate the benefits of inserts, you really have to think of the rim/tire/insert as an integrated system. The right insert will allow you to get away with lighter rims and tires. I love my carbon hoops, but I'd never run them without inserts. I feel that the Shore is the ideal environment for inserts as well. Our terrain can be heinously slippery, and we don't have a lot of very sharp rocks. A location with sharp rocks probably means you're not going to get away with lighter casing tires even with inserts.
Feb. 3, 2021, 7:47 a.m. - Ryan Walters
Great article. For anyone thinking of going inserts, I can't stress it enough - watch the YouTube tutorials on installation and FOLLOW THEM TO A TEE! You will save yourself a lot of misery - particularly for CushCore. And when they "recommend" you use a plastic garbage can to support the wheel during installation - they mean it. I couldn't imagine installing CC without the garbage can. Also applicable to other insert installs. As was touched on in the article, to fully appreciate the benefits of inserts, you really have to think of the rim/tire/insert as an integrated system. The right insert will allow you to get away with lighter rims and tires. I love my carbon hoops, but I'd never run them without inserts. I feel that the Shore is the ideal environment for inserts as well. Our terrain can be heinously slippery, and we don't have a lot of very sharp rocks. A location with sharp rocks probably means you're not going to get away with lighter casing tires even with inserts.