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Ryan Burney Added a reply to What I Learned Starting a Tire Insert Company
6/22/2025 2:37pm Thanks Mike. That's a good camp to be in! It is compatible with asym rims. Since the insert lives within the lower section of the tire, it doesn't interface with the rim channel at all so it will work fine.
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MistaMike Liked a reply to forum topic What I Learned Starting a Tire Insert Company
6/22/2025 2:34pm
Much respect Ryan, this was a great intro to Rim Saver development. I'm in the strong carbon + burly casing camp but wouldn't mind the ability to run lower pressures and still have peace of mind with Rim Saver in place. Is it compatible with asymmetrically offset rim beds?
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Dave_Camp Liked a reply to forum topic Santa Cruz lower link(?) creak
6/22/2025 10:27am
Try cleaning chainring to crank. I think thats my creak as well. I sprayed wd40 in there and it stopped for now.
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AndrewLee Liked a comment about bike check Steel Druid
6/22/2025 7:51am
Because I’m a fabricator and building your own stuff is cooler than buying it.
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LePigPen Liked a reply to forum topic What I Learned Starting a Tire Insert Company
6/20/2025 12:00pm
The best part about that filer is almost no one posts photos of riding bikes anymore... Everybody does videos. So it's effectively a rule for nothing aside from getting people to not post their bikes in the garage or in the truck all day. But at that point, just take away the option to post photos or something I dunno lol Reddit gonna reddit. But yeah hope the post goes well and you should try to do an AMA some time! Especially if you release something new to promote. I'm sure the mods will be stoked on it (i think...
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Ryan Burney Added a reply to What I Learned Starting a Tire Insert Company
6/20/2025 11:35am Thanks again for the idea. I post a tldr and link to this page (I couldn't get the full post to go through the filters as they don't want photos of non-bikes). People seem to like it and we got a lot of good questions. Cheers! https://www.reddit.com/r/MTB/comments/1lg3m8m/what_i_learned_starting_a…
LePigPen Liked a reply to forum topic What I Learned Starting a Tire Insert Company
6/20/2025 5:17am
unsurprisingly, there are 2 communities on reddit but one is considered the larger one with better engagement. and thats reddit.com/r/mtb/ whereas the one called mountainbiking specifically, didnt grow as much apparently because it was unmoderated. but yeah try to make a text post on /r/mtb/ and figure out the re-formatting on their website. i think people would love to see it. especially knowing that it's an actual engineer and not a rider or influencer or random yahoo from youtube, etc.
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ROBBIS TV Liked a reply to forum topic MTB Tech Rumors and Innovation
6/18/2025 9:05am
Izanagi Teru V2 prototype. V3 coming soon...
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Ryan Burney Added a reply to What I Learned Starting a Tire Insert Company
6/18/2025 6:33am I haven't posted anything on reddit before. Do you know the best place to share it? If you think it will be interesting, then I might as well!
LePigPen Liked a reply to forum topic What I Learned Starting a Tire Insert Company
6/17/2025 4:40am
My favorite part was going out of the way to explain what scenarios one could use to 'not' have to use a tire insert product like RimSaver. Explaining how/why it happens, and what you can do about it outside of trying to 'buy' your way out of the solution. I wish this article could reach more eyes in the wider community. Ryan you can probly post it on reddit as well where Phil has had a hell of a time communicating with those goblins after the frame incident 😂
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bulletbass man Liked a reply to forum topic What I Learned Starting a Tire Insert Company
6/16/2025 10:19am
Thanks for the read! I’m definitely in the benefits from a heavy cushcore like insert camp. But it’s always refreshing to see someone who doesn’t try to convince you to buy something. But instead is just an open book on what they are offering and let people make up their own mind. In a world of marketing teams and snake oil salesman it’s a very refreshing change. Sounds like an entertaining learning experience and you have one of the more interesting lightweight insert designs. Guess I’ll have to keep an eye out for the next idea you cook up for...
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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic What I Learned Starting a Tire Insert Company
6/16/2025 5:51am
It sounds like you’ve identified a cool niche problem that your product uniquely addresses. The downside for is you've got a more complicated sales pitch to customers. It’s easier to say “we’re better for everyone!” instead of “it’s better in this scenario, worse in that one, good for certain customers, not needed for every customer, etc.” I think this also describes the growing pains that inserts went through, in general. For a time, inserts like Cushcore were being pitched in a general way as being better for everyone. There were, however, large groups of people for whom that didn’t really...
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rhodefab Liked a reply to forum topic What I Learned Starting a Tire Insert Company
6/16/2025 5:50am
Thanks for sharing the journey Ryan, it's always nice to see a peek behind the curtain as it were for product development. I hope you keep working on some concepts with tire retention/bead locks, I suspect some of the methods used here could be expanded on.
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Ryan Burney Added a reply to What I Learned Starting a Tire Insert Company
6/15/2025 5:09am Cush Core is a great solution for you, don't change it! I think there’s a growing middle scenario where riders have nice wheels and aren’t ruining rims constantly but have broken a wheel before and just don't want to deal with it or worry about ruining a ride, race, or mtb trip. They want the ride feel of their new...
TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic What I Learned Starting a Tire Insert Company
6/15/2025 4:28am
Loved the article and the glimpse into your process. I think the Rim Saver is an interesting idea, and I think there's absolutely a place for inserts. I used to be a mega rim destroyer and flat-tire-er until I went to Cushcore pro in the back and DH tires front and rear. I think I've had one flat tire on that setup in five years now, and I've only destroyed maybe 2-3 rims in that time, whereas I used to build 3-5 wheels a year for a while there. Huge fan of Cushcore Pro, but I never use it in...
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Ryan Burney Added a reply to What I Learned Starting a Tire Insert Company
6/14/2025 1:51pm A VT vibe indeed! Maybe I can have people come hand-pick them at the maker space for the full experience 😁 I too have spent most of my biking life in the camp of rims are disposable. It's a very practical way to look at it as the fact is, in mountain biking, you break rims. But, I'm getting lazier...
CamNeelyCantWheelie Liked a reply to forum topic What I Learned Starting a Tire Insert Company
6/14/2025 1:34pm
Wow, thanks for such an insightful and honest writeup the development of Rim Saver! I've been running foam inserts on the rear of my hardtail and enduro bikes and personally like the damped feel and protection. However, running front foams is really where the bike starts feeling sluggish. I only relegate it to really nasty lift accessed enduro races where it's impossible to avoid sharp edges at race speed. For me, Rim Saver appears to be a great solution for the front tire to add some protection without the ride feel and weight penalty as you claim. I run DT...
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Ryan Burney Added a reply to What I Learned Starting a Tire Insert Company
6/14/2025 8:52am Agreed. At the end of the day, the real solution is stronger wheels and tires that don’t pinch flat. The tricky part is knowing which wheels are actually strong enough and which tires to run that won’t pinch for your local terrain without painful trial and error. I think those of us who follow the latest wheel tech have a...
beeeom Liked a reply to forum topic What I Learned Starting a Tire Insert Company
6/14/2025 8:25am
I dislike the feeling of inserts. Especially heavier ones like cushcore pro. But until I got some weareone Strifes, I had to run cushcore pro on the rear. I also needed a nuke proof ard on the front. I needed inserts otherwise I'd would just blow through rims at a completely unsustainable rate. Now I'm insert-less with strong carbon wheels with a warranty program and very happy. Sometimes a little bit of impact protection would be nice for harsh hits, but I'm not sure if that outweighs the convenience not have to deal with extra insert bs when changing a...
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Ryan Burney Added a reply to What I Learned Starting a Tire Insert Company
6/14/2025 6:06am Thanks! Let me know if you have any notes. What's your opinion on tire inserts? And it's ok to be brutally honest.