Mousse - key aspects and capabilities
Explanation: A “Mousse” (“mousse” is French for foam), in simple terms, is a solid foam inner tube. French tire company, Michelin, originally introduced the product to the off road motorcycle market in 1984. While several companies over the years have developed various mousse formulas, performance and longevity of the product may vary according to its precise composition. For this reason, not all mousses have equal attributes and performance capabilities.
Pros and cons: Generally, the most well-known and significant benefit of using a mousse is that it does not go flat. Yet, this product is also known to have several downsides, such as a slow rebound action or non-progressive effect in their rideability. Experts in the industry often refer to this effect as a “DEAD” feel. This sense of looseness or instability can affect motorcycle manueverability and traction applications. This is a disadvantage that has to be tolerated as they are not adjustable (as pneumatic systems or inner tubes), although they do adjust eventually themselves as a result of wear and tear. As a solid foam unit, mousses are generally heavier than most tubes, and the “dead” feeling mentioned only adds to this sense of heaviness. Airmousse is manufactured with advanced technology to minimize the aforementioned disadvantages. No break-in period is required to reach its full potential.
Background
We are quality mousse brand from Sweden and firstly started producing foam inserts back in 2015. Everything grew out from the love of motocross and enduro. Tire foam inserts sector became interesting because of personal desire and ability to feel the direct impact after minor changes were made. Very fast we learned that the quality how the wheels contact the ground is much more important than we would normally guess. This is the first touchpoint and energy that will decide your next moves performance and following situations.
As in life - we are always finding problems to solve and mousse insert sector had many to start with. Especially when the sector has not been improved in recent times but rather developed backwards. With the years we have produced many new ranges and models for off-road bikes and finally achieved the ideal results with Race Performance line - Airmousses flagship.
In parallel we spotted similar issues in bicycle market and started to solve existing problems as well. The result is one of the most unique bicycle mousses in the world that cannot be compared with other similar products today. This is the game changer.
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