Quote Originally Posted by niky View Post
Actually, on the safety side, low profile tires are already safer when it comes to getting a flat, as the difference in height isn't as great as with "balloon" tires... there's even a device being sold in the US that'll help keep tires from coming off the rims when they go flat... which is the number one safety feature of run-flats... this'll give you 90% of the safety of run-flats, but not the convenience... it's a simple device, really, and it helps that you only need to buy it once, then just keep changing your regular (non-run-flat) tires.

I'd imagine run-flats can be vulcanized, but I don't know if they're any harder to get off the rim than regular tires.
Niky, Here's an interesting article on run flats http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/11/au...bjects/T/Tires