Any air for my tyres

[jasbo7]

These tyres are airless and are scheduled to be out on the market
very soon.

The bad news for police and other law enforcement is that
stinger spikes will not work on these.

Just think of the impact on existing technology:
A. No more air valves ...
B. No more air compressors at petrol stations ...
C. No more repair kits .....
D. No more flat tyres ...
E.. Less expensive and more money in the drivers pocket.


These are actual pictures taken in the South Carolina plant
of Michelin.

What do you think???????

[maca]

if they could just invent an invisible get away car..

[Devilfish]

Nae Wae!!! That looks very weird indeed.

Would be interesting to feel what the ride was like.

[cunny]

Does look a little odd, wonder if the car would handle the same also

[Frieder]

These tyres are airless and are scheduled to be out on the market
very soon.

The bad news for police and other law enforcement is that
stinger spikes will not work on these.

Just think of the impact on existing technology:
A. No more air valves ...
B. No more air compressors at petrol stations ...
C. No more repair kits .....
D. No more flat tyres ...
E.. Less expensive and more money in the drivers pocket.


These are actual pictures taken in the South Carolina plant
of Michelin.

What do you think???????

Any idea about the costs? Sounds like a good idea for my wifes car ;-)

[patkins]

Nice one Jasbo, but until I see a report from Meat Head Motors I will reserve judgment.

[chroma]

Looks like they would suck at higher torque values. Breaking would also be dangerous at high speeds where the tyre would collapse and the rims would bottom out causing the car to skid out.

Could easily be sorted by incorporating a sidewall and using neoprene/foamrubber inners on a regular tyre though like they do on mountain bikes, insead of a flimsy rubber spoke design.

[pantomime horse]

wondering how temperature would affect it

or would cold make it brittle

[Fantic]

These first came out a few years ago ... apparently kept out of production due to 'problems' .. but I dunno what the problems were!

[Meat-Head]

Nice one Jasbo, but until I see a report from Meat Head Motors I will reserve judgment.

Report by Meat-Head-Motors

Yeah looks good, but to hold the weight of a 2 ton car they have got to
be FRIGGING hard, yet soft enough to be able to deflect a curb.

Would imagne they will be a pig to fit onto the rims, unless they have to
be a split rim that is bolted.

But there worse than fitting Metro TD (Total Deflation) tyres

If you think about it anything that is loose can blow off, clothes, corks in wine bottles etc, so for it to hold the force of heavy braking from 100MPH+
is going to be an amazing figure.

What about when you get cross winds, do they play "colonel bogey.mid"
or "Alice by Smoky Robinson.mid" ?

Susspose they would be use full on a trailer or flat bed lorry as somewhere to put a ratchet strap through.

Might be useful for pulling things out of ditches.

M-H-M Makes a living out of puncturing peoples tyres, (plug, advertise, plug) scratches, chips in windows all at competive rates.
So M-H-M give it the thumbs down.

Would be usefull on a lorry as you have to get some thicko tyre fitter out for them, late on a friday night, pissing down with rain .

[melloned]

Wacky looking things ! , Call me old fashioned , but give me 10mm thick rubber , steel bracing and several layers of nylon reinforcing , when i'm batting around a sharp bend any day !!!!

[smoggy]

this guy in Alice Springs Australia (CAR PARK) wasn't going to be out done by the hosepipe ban, these have got to be the cheapest tyres in the world

[Canker_Canison]

I'd like to see how they perform on the track. They certainly look light weight, but I'd be a bit worried about the load tollerances. Having said that, going by the pictures, they flaten down a bit under load so they give a greater coverage of rubber that will give a lot more grip.
If all holds true then high speed pursuits will be a lot faster in the corners no matter how dumb the driver is.

Most muppets on the road don't understand the limits of grip on a tire. Too much speed, heavy breaking, cornering; they all add up & if you're using 70% of the grip for breaking you only have 30% left for cornering. So if you can normally take a corner at 60mph, under the heavy breaking percentage above the tire will only cover upto 18mph before it loses traction. Try telling that to your inexperianced boy racer. How many cars have you seen wedged in hedge rows this month?

These tyres will increase the traction on the road during high speed cornering, taking the spokes can handle the torsion.

I like! I like alot!

[sacha35]

I hope they put some sidewalls on these, as they look awful at the moment.

Very good idea though, no more problems with nails ECT.

[thered]

havent airless tyres been out for ages anyway its just they gave a rougher ride