Vittoria Air-Liner Tire Insert for Sale, Reviews, Deals and Guides

My wife and I have these installed in our DH bikes, E-bikes and our endro bikes, would not ride without them in the gnarly terrain we ride in. we can ride with far lower tire pressures for the best traction and reduced tire squirm, totally sold on these, one thing is though every once in a while we need to take them out and shorten them a bit as they seem to grow and then rattle a bit in the tire plus the valve core can block up and I need to poke a old spoke down to clear them, small price to pay for the protection and performance they offer, highly recommended

I got this after getting a my first pinch flat after a year of riding. I was a little paranoid, so I was running higher pressure (26psi) for my weight (135lbs). I was also checking my tire regularly after every run. After my last run, I ended up with a small pinch flat. Maybe it's coincidence, but my tire lasted only a day with this insert. Because the insert takes up so much volume the air volume in the tire is much smaller. So even a single burp can drastically reduce the pressure of your tire. Regardless of how it happened the insert didn't protect my tire from a pinch flat.

I picked one of these up and installed it in the rear wheel of my hardtail. I usually run 25 PSI in my rear. I inflated to just over 20 psi with the insert installed and went for a test ride on a rocky trail. Within a mile of descending, I’d bottomed out and destroyed my rim. I don’t understand all the reviews gushing about running 10 or 15 PSI, as the liner didn’t do anything to save my rim even at a reasonably normal pressure. I know a lot of people swear by these, but it just flat out didn’t work for me.

Finally got the Vittoria Air-Liner review for you guys! To start off, I am really happy with this product. Since I ride a hardtail, naturally I put a lot of abuse on my rear tire and having tubeless tires I was always worried about losing tire pressure and the tire popping off at lower PSI. Now that I've been riding with the AirLiner in the back wheel, it's given me a peace of mind while riding which gives me more attention to focus on the trails I'm riding and not worrying about my tire and rim. Even though I wouldn't ride the trails with only 10 PSI in my rear tire, while testing the low PSI on the curb and rocks - I couldn't even tell that I was running such a low PSI because it still felt super soft riding over the chunk. The vittoria air liner gives so much more cushion than Cush Core because it fills more of the tire and it's not just a rim protection piece. The design of the air liner is very ingenious and since I have been riding with it for the last two months, I have not noticed any bad side effects to having it in my tire. There is some added rotational weight, but that is not what concerns me because it is so little that I personally do not notice. I hope this review was helpful!

Well worth it!! Running lower pressures allows significantly way more traction. Added benefit is carbon rim protection when I blasting through a chunky-ass rock garden or bike parks.

I've used these with 2.6 inch tires and they have allowed running lower pressures, getting more traction, and preventing rim strikes. The ease of install is much better than the cushcore system, though cushcore does ride great as well. Only complaint is that I've had issue with the valve getting blocked by the insert and have had to remove the valve core and press the insert out of the way. This happened both to myself and my buddy that has a set. A set of the cushcore valves would fix this.

I just added a hardtail to my MTB quiver, and I have no intention of riding it any softer than I do my full suspension bikes. When rallying hard through rock gardens, or coming off drops / jumps without good landings, you need a little extra piece of mind that you are not about to blow up your $$$ rear wheel. This liner (while admittedly is a pretty expensive pool noodle looking piece of foam) provides that peace of mind, and offers additional damping on the rear tire that air alone can't provide. Should you flat, you can also ride out on this thing and not have to walk home. 200% worth the extra cost for the item, especially if you are pushing the limits of low PSI on a hardtail. You spent a bunch of money on those wheels, you can probably swing another 100 to make sure you don't wreck them. As Clayton mentioned, not difficult to install. A bit of a bear to get the tire bead seated fully when working around the liner, but by no means a show stopper. Probably took an extra 5-7 minutes vs set up of a normal tubeless tire. Edit - One year Later Stand by everything I mentioned above. I would not ride a "trail" hard tail without one of these installed. Full Stop. Your fork has dampening. On a FS your rear shock has dampening. On your hardtail, your rear tire is all the suspension you have. It should have dampening.

These tire insert are awesome. They are easy to install unlike a Cush Core and weight a lot less. Perfect for that little extra protection. Well worth it.