Rim Saver

Rim Saver Rim Saver is an impact protection system for your rim and tire. Designed, developed, and assembled in Vermont.

Easy to install and lightweight, Rim Saver is engineered to take the impact so your rim doesn’t have to.

09/04/2026

We smash our wheels to save yours 🔨💥

Here are two problems with foam inserts:

1. Snakebites. Pull your foam insert out of your tire and you’ll find little punctures where the insert has been cut by the sharp rim fl**ge. With some tires, this might even mean a puncture or pinch straight through the foam.

2. More importantly, foam takes away precious air volume in your tire and replaces it with a not-so-precious draggy and dead feeling. In order to roll fast and behave naturally, tires need their air volume. Plus, foam pressing against the sidewalls or ground saps energy from whatever is propelling you, whether that’s gravity or your legs.

We make an easy to install bottom-out bumper for your rim and tire. It’s so simple it hurts.

Learn more at SaveTheRims.com

08/28/2026

Actually, it took a whole lot more than that…

Learn more on SaveTheRims.com

08/14/2026

First off, not every product on your bike needs to come from a massive warehouse ‼️
While you’d think mountain bikers would be the type to stand by small businesses, riders are consistently swayed by big brand marketing. That’s just the reality. We’re a small team (hint: fewer people than a World Cup podium) located in Richmond, VT. While we can’t ship 100 orders in a day or sponsor Richie Rude, we can make sure every single Rim Saver is properly assembled, packed, and spoken for. And if it isn’t, you’ll have no problem finding us.

2. More is not always better. 🚫
Actually, time seems to show that refinement almost always leads to more minimalist products. Remember OtterBox phone cases? Those things were massive. As cases were refined over the years, they’ve gotten slimmer and slimmer. We think tire inserts are heading in the same direction. In fact, most already have.

3. Just like a good phone case, Rim Saver is essentially a stiff spring. If foam inserts are one big, soft spring, Rim Saver is a smaller, stiffer spring. The result? Protection without making your bike feel sluggish or draggy. We’d rather keep the ride feeling quick, natural, and familiar than throw more material at the problem.

3. Price 💵
Back to #1... Without a giant factory or an optimized production setup, it’s hard to get prices down to the numbers people like seeing. Honestly though, we don’t think that should be the only thing people compare.
When you buy a Rim Saver, you’re getting our unique approach to rim protection, a legitimate 60-day money back guarantee (seriously, if you don’t like it, send it back), rider support from actual riders (it’s not like our inbox is overflowing), and the satisfaction of supporting a real grassroots U.S. cycling business. Not to mention, you won’t be wishing for a proprietary tire tool when installing RS.

Could we make it cheaper? Probably. Would it still be the same company? Probably not.

Learn more on SaveTheRims.com

08/14/2026

1. Not every product on your bike needs to come from a massive warehouse 🤷‍♂️
While you’d think mountain bikers would be the type to stand by small businesses, riders are consistently swayed by big brand marketing. That’s just the reality. We’re a small team (hint: fewer people than a World Cup podium) located in Richmond, VT. While we can’t ship 100 orders in a day or sponsor Richie Rude, we can make sure every single Rim Saver is properly assembled, packed, and spoken for. And if it isn’t, you’ll have no problem finding us.

2. More is not always better 🚫
Actually, time seems to show that refinement almost always leads to more minimalist products. Remember OtterBox phone cases? Those things were massive. As cases were refined over the years, they’ve gotten slimmer and slimmer. We think tire inserts are heading in the same direction. In fact, most already have.

3. “What’s the little price of plastic going to stop?”
Just like a good phone case, Rim Saver is essentially a stiff spring. If foam inserts are one big, soft spring, Rim Saver is a smaller, stiffer spring. The result? Protection without making your bike feel sluggish or draggy. We’d rather keep the ride feeling quick, natural, and familiar than throw more material at the problem.

4. Price 💵
Back to #1... Without a giant factory or an optimized production setup, it’s hard to get prices down to the numbers people like seeing. Honestly though, we don’t think that should be the only thing people compare.
When you buy a Rim Saver, you’re getting our unique approach to rim protection, a legitimate 60-day money back guarantee (seriously, if you don’t like it, send it back), rider support from actual riders (it’s not like our inbox is overflowing), and the satisfaction of supporting a real grassroots U.S. cycling business. Not to mention, you won’t be wishing for a proprietary tire tool when installing RS.

Could we make it cheaper? Probably. Would it still be the same company? Probably not.

Learn more on SaveTheRims.com 🫡

08/06/2026

Here for the ones you don’t see coming 🙏

Rim Saver offers low profile, easy install protection against rim damage and pinch flats. We’re done with the sluggish feel, snakebites, and PITA install that foam inserts come with.

Low volume inserts are the future, start your journey with us 🙌

07/03/2026

What they don’t tell you about foam inserts 🤷‍♂️

There’s hundreds of pounds of force being put on your bikes tire and wheel… a piece of foam can’t always handle that properly. When faced with sharp impacts, the snakebites in your insert demonstrate how the force goes straight through the material, into your rim.

While Rim Saver is lower volume, it’s much stiffer. Think of it like suspension spring rates. Foam blows through its travel on sharp impacts, While Rim Saver holds up and helps dissipate the force, therefore saving your rims.

Learn more on SaveTheRims.com 🫡

06/26/2026

OtterBoxes are out of style.

Like most products, phone cases went from maximum protection to just enough. Overdesign eventually gives way to realistic minimalism.

At Rim Saver we’re refining new school Rim Protection. Learn more on SaveTheRims.com ‼️

06/19/2026

Do you pedal a 38lb Enduro bike with foam inserts? It ain’t gotta be like that 😬

Get Rim Saver, and do away with the slogfest.

06/12/2026

Stay safe out there soldier 🫡

Same applies for dings in aluminum rims. We set out to make a line of defense that didn’t sacrifice convenience or rolling speed - just rim protection, nothing else.

Learn more at SaveTheRims.com

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