CushCore Pro Set - Includes (2) Tire Inserts, (2) Presta Valves & Rim Stickers, Easy at-Home Installation, Bicycle Tire Inserts, Helps Improve Ride Quality, Fits a 33mm-46mm Tire

UPDATE: Made it through another season (2 seasons) at AngelFire bike park with NO flats/dented wheels!!! Freaken Awesome! I have been using the CushCore's for around two years at AngelFire Mountain bike park in NM with no flats or dented wheels. Anyone who has rode that mountain knows how brutal is can be on both the rider and the bike, as it is one of the most crazy MTN bike parks in the USA. I'm in my mid 40's and my quest has been to soften up the harsh bumps and not get so beat up on the trails from a full day of riding. The Cush Core's have lived up to EVERY thing they say it does. Want a nice smoother ride? Cush Core to the rescue! Want awesome grip? Cush Core to the rescue! Want to prevent pinch flats? Cush Core to the rescue! Want to run lower tire pressure (18PSI up front, 21PSI in the rear all day long) to increase tire grip? Cush Core to the rescue! Want to eliminate tire damage to those expensive carbon wheels? Cush Core to the rescue! Tired of stressing about what line to take through that rock garden? Cush Core to the rescue! Want a nice smoother ride? Cush Cores help accomplish this by allowing you to run lower PSI, which in turn will soak up the harsh hits from rocks, and makes for a noticeably more smoother ride. These stupid foam inserts work very well at absorbing impact forces. Yes they are expensive...but they WORK! Want awesome grip? With Cush Core you can run much lower PSI. I run 18 PSI up front and 21 PSI in the rear all day every day I am at the park! This in turn helps the tire to conform to the ground, and make better contact with more tire contacting the ground. The grip you will get is a game changer! Berms are a blast to take at speed, allowing you to push the front tire a LOT harder into the turn, and be rewarded with confidence inspiring grip! Like to roll tires??? Get Cush Cores! They won't break a bead at low PSI at all!!! Want to prevent pinch flats? One of the major benefits from running Cush Core's is the pinch flat protection these things provide. I have had NO flats while running these things at 18 PSI up front, and 21 PSI in the rear. I bomb the bike into the most rough rocks, cuz I get a little crazy and don't take good lines. and not once have I had a pinch flat, even when I do have a hard hit, and a rock manages to hit the rim, the foam inserts to their job, and prevent pinch flats. Want to run lower tire pressures to increase grip? Like I've stated above, I run 18PSI in the front, 21 PSI in the rear all day, every day on the mountain! The grip is off the hook!!! It has bumped my stoke to ride way higher than it's ever been!! Taking turns and rolling tires without the worry of breaking a bead, or the tire letting loose is a thing of the past!!! Cush Core's allow you to run stupid low PSI's which provide stupid levels of grip! What more can I say????? Those who have run such PSI know what I'm talking about! Give it a try...these things work! Want to eliminate tire damage to those expensive carbon wheels? These stupid little foam inserts will save you $$$$ as you can be really abusive with the bike on the mountain, and not have to worry about damaging those carbon wheels. I'm sure you can really push it, and still damage a wheel with Cush Core's, but you will probably also break the bike frame at that level of abuse. If you do damage a tire, and get a flat (this has happened with Cush Cores with some professional riders) you can safely ride the bike down the mountain, and not damage the wheel! Getting a flat at the top of the mountain with a 7 mile hike down is not fun and can ruin your day! Will not happen with Cush Cores! You WILL be able to ride the bike down, with NO wheel damage from a flat tire. Tired of stressing about what line to take through that rock garden? With Cush Core's you just point the bike, and go! No more stressing about what line to take to get through that nasty piece of trail. No more stressing about hitting the rear tire on a flat landing because you didn't clear the transition on that massive gap jump. Just go for it! Cush Core's will get you through it with NO pinch flats or wheel damage. As you can see I am completely sold on this product! I will NOT ride without Cush Cores! They are that good! They are worth every penny you will have to shell out for them. If they charged more money, I would pay it! Even if they were harder to install than what they already are, I would happily do it all over again! They are a game changer 100%! Do yourself a favor and buy these for your MTN bike! It WILL make you a much more capable rider, your bike much more durable, and your experience much more better than it ever was before.... I hope this review helped to make your decision to get these things a no brainer. Please read below for tips on how to install these things that will make your life a breeze the first time getting these bears on. Installation Tips for Cush Core: Watch the install video at Cush Core's site. There is one thing that most videos don't tell you about to make the install go much easier and that is to stretch the foam inserts BEFORE you try to get them on the wheels. I used 45lb dumb bell weights to stretch them out for around 30mins. They were absolutely easy to get on the wheels after they were stretched. This eliminated any fuss that you see in install videos with everyone making birthing sounds trying to get them on. Next, make sure you buy tire levers that have a steel core! You will break normal tire levers that are plastic, so get the ones that have a steel core! This will greatly aid in getting the last bit of tire on the wheel. Once you have the Cush Core's mounted on the wheel, then the fun part starts; getting one side of the tire bead on the wheel. The first bead isn't that bad, it's the second bead that's a real pain in the rear. What I did, was use a LOT of soapy water...some say that personal lube works really good, but I got it done with soapy water. Spay down the bead, and the wheel, then use this technique to get the bead on; start at the stem, using both hands, firmly grab the tire at the bead, and "roll" the bead under the Cush Core towards the center of the wheel well. The bead will go in easly. When it gets hard is the last 3/4 of the tire which will require that you use the tire levers. Before you do that, spray down the exposed bead, and the wheel, then use the tire lever to push the bead that has already been mounted on the wheel, further into the wheel well. Once that is done, then you will be able to use the levers to get the 3/4 of the rest of the bead on the wheel. If you follow the directions, and also stretch the inserts before mounting them, your install will be a success with minimal effort and cursing. Do NOT allow any of the nay-sayers keep you from getting these things. Yes it's a little harder that getting a new tire mounted, but it's not much more harder that what the majority of the reviews say it is. They are NOT doing it right, and making the install much harder than what it should be.

Love these things. Gentler ride, stiff sidewalls at low pressure, makes me feel good about myself, why not. And i'm writing this review for anyone who thinks these are hard to install. They are a piece of cake, if you do it right. Don't buy those fancy big tire levers and bead holders, any levers will work. I use tiny plastic levers. Here is the trick. When you install the Cush, do what they say and place a hammer over your rim and step on it to hold the rim down. Now pull up and around on the Cush Core and imagine you are getting a free work out, don't be a whimp. Next get a spray bottle of soapy water and work one bead over the tire completely so the tire is outside the rim on both sides. Doing this will hold the tire in place vs both beads outside of the tire on one side. Now the part that people get stuck on....use more soapy water and start tucking one of the beads between the rim and the Cush Core, it's really easy because the cush core holds the bead on. When it starts getting tight push the bead and cush core into the center of the rim and then the rest of the tire will pop right on with some light lever action. Do the other side the same way. The trick with all this is the Cush Core holds the bead aganist the side of the rim and you just have to push it into center just a bit and it is suprising how much the Cush Core will give to let you do this. Really easy. 1000 times easier than a street moto tire or big adventure tire, 100 times easier than a dirt bike tire and not much harder than a MTB tire without it. Don't second guess it, buy these thins and enjoy experimenting with lower tire pressures or keep your pressure the same and enjoy the stiffer side wall, it really does help.

A very expensive piece of foam but really does help save rims! My son does enduro mtb racing and these have been a life saver. They do work as advertised and we feel they have definitely paid for themselves. They are a little tricky to install and don’t go in quite as easily as advertised - nothing terrible but you should be ready for some wrestling. As far as value for money, I took a star off for the astronomical mark-up on these pieces of foam…that said they are saving expensive rims so it helps justify part of it. We would definitely buy this again and recommend it if you are going over rocky terrain where you are concerned abt rims.

Depending on which rims your mountain bike has, the installation will be easy, or very hard. it is recommended buying the installation accessories. Once they're installed properly, it makes the ride feel so much better. It is honestly worth the hassle.

I love the fact that I can run WAY lower pressure in my tires, especially running 29x2.6's. Currently installed on 32mm wide rims, so I had to get the CushCore Pro to allow for the wide tires but difference between CushCore and no inserts is night and day. I really didn't want to have to pay an additional weight penalty, 2.6" wide tires AND the heavy version of CushCore, but the amount of traction available is definitely worth it! The biggest gripe I have is that the inserts were the biggest pain I have ever had to deal with in terms of bike maintenance. I've seen all of the hacks and cheats and "easy methods" of installing CushCore, but in real life they were a huge pain. I found it a little easier to have one side of the tire on the rim already and then squeeze the CushCore in through the other side of the tire. It's definitely not easy to push the tire bead into the rim channel once the CushCore in on the rim so I got as much of the tire on the rim before dealing with the CushCore. All said, I would get CushCore again and I would recommend it to anyone who rides mountain bikes. I haven't tried any of the other brands but I'm also a firm believer in "you get what you pay for" and I will pay the premium price if the product has a good reputation, CushCore has the reputation that I will gladly pay for. I am just a regular consumer so I don't get hand-outs and I would love for the cost to be lower but until the day comes when CushCore goes on sale I'll still buy at consumer prices.

Kinda of a must have for anyone who runs chunk and pushes there limits. Can run little les air pressure for feel and bite and have less tire roll then higher pressures without. Draw back there little heavy in front.

Watch install videos I stretched the casing of my tire. Creating a bubble or what looks like a bent wheel installing the tire over the cush core.

Frustrated with continuously denting and cracking rims, my search for a solution lead me to CushCore. The theory made sense and I decided it was worth a try. My first discovery - installation is not as difficult as people say. Watch their video, follow the steps, and proceed logically. My first tire took 12 minutes, second tire took 10 minutes. If you can mount dirt bike tires, this is a breeze. After my first ride I knew I made the right decision! With lower psi I had better much traction climbing. Hard cornering and blasting through rock sections is amazing. On my very rocky local downhill segment that I've been riding for >4 years, I set a new PR on my first try with CushCore! How's that for proof? The downside is you can feel a little more weight in the tires...there is a little bit more resistance to acceleration. But for me, the advantages outweigh (literally) the additional weight.

Decided to fit these after the tyre lost air on a tight turn pushing out the sealant and me on the deck at 20mph hopefully it won’t happen again.

Prodotto molto qualitativo arrivato molto veloce

So far so good

Das, was ich erwartet habe. Habe bei der Montage ja schon mehrmals Erfahrung sammeln dürfen. Für einen "Neueinsteiger" doch recht schwierig. Aber danach ist man mit dem Ergebnis mehr als zufrieden. Bei meinen Einsätzen ist schon ein krasser Unterschied aufgrund der mit weniger Druck befahrbaren Reifen zu spüren. Und die Unsicherheit eines Totalausfall ist nicht mehr da. Ist für mich den hohen Preis wert und für Extremfahrer sehr zu empfehlen.

Montaggio abbastanza laborioso, ma seguendo le istruzioni e lubrificando molto bene il cushcore si installa più facilmente. Invece è molto più difficile lo smontaggio se non si cambia il copertone di frequente. C'é di meglio e meno complicato da montare e smontare.