ERW - Airless Bicycle Tyres
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Re: ERW - Airless Bicycle Tyres
Postby Aushiker » Thu Nov 01, 2012 12:31 pm
That was my thought toorkelsen wrote:Here we go again...
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Re: ERW - Airless Bicycle Tyres
Postby ausrandoman » Thu Nov 01, 2012 12:55 pm
Airless bicycle tyres will work when someone finds a material with density and elastic hysteresis similar to air. Good luck in your search.
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Re: ERW - Airless Bicycle Tyres
Postby duds2u » Thu Nov 01, 2012 2:10 pm
Wonder how much mud they will hold?
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Re: ERW - Airless Bicycle Tyres
Postby silentbutdeadly » Thu Nov 01, 2012 2:28 pm
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Re: ERW - Airless Bicycle Tyres
Postby gorilla monsoon » Thu Nov 01, 2012 3:02 pm
Michelin did some car tyres about 15 years ago. They didn't catch on either. Funny that. I mean, they company invented a product that would ultimately put it out of business. How dumb was that?
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Re: ERW - Airless Bicycle Tyres
Postby rkelsen » Thu Nov 01, 2012 3:58 pm
The Tweel? http://auto.howstuffworks.com/tweel-airless-tire.htm
Michelin officially launched them yesterday. After years of development, you can finally purchase a set of these ...if you drive a skid steer loader. They even have a website: http://www.michelintweel.com/
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Re: ERW - Airless Bicycle Tyres
Postby JustJames » Thu Nov 01, 2012 4:30 pm
Sort of like Apple killing off the iPod with the Touch (which is basically a phone handset without the phone-y bits)?gorilla monsoon wrote:Michelin did some car tyres about 15 years ago. They didn't catch on either. Funny that. I mean, they company invented a product that would ultimately put it out of business. How dumb was that?
It might be a company seeing the writing on the wall, and wanting to own the new product that kills off its old product.
The tweel doesn't replace tyres, just changes them as it's still a product that will wear out and need replacing.
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Re: ERW - Airless Bicycle Tyres
Postby warthog1 » Thu Nov 01, 2012 6:25 pm
Wonder why they didn't show that vid in muddy conditions
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Re: ERW - Airless Bicycle Tyres
Postby ldrcycles » Thu Nov 01, 2012 7:57 pm
So i get to the end of the trail, onto the bitumen and i want to up the tire pressure a bit and.......oh yea oops.
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Re: ERW - Airless Bicycle Tyres
Postby toolonglegs » Thu Nov 01, 2012 8:09 pm
If I had to ride that slowly over bumps I would fall asleep.
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Re: ERW - Airless Bicycle Tyres
Postby Mulger bill » Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:29 pm
Creek crossing's gonna be a whole new world of wetbackery. What sorta tread pattern will they run? Can't see a Conti fan running Kenda treads...
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