Michelin airless tyre.. no more nitrogen

[Apollo]

Michelin Develops Airless Tires

Worrying about running over a nail, or making sure your tires are always full may be a thing of the past thanks to the R&D team at Michelin. This is a prototype for airless tires. Instead of the regular inflated tire, this tire has the traditional outer treads wrapped around flexible, yet sturdy spokes. Apparently these tires are going by the name tweel, which is completely stupid. Jump to see a video of the tweel in action. Image via Fourtitude

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[Cyberet]

seen it on tv 2 years ago, but still not for sale yet

[Fff0]

dont seem to be able to take malaysia pothole well...

[Pisces69]

Yup seen it a couple of years back. Still a long way to becoming the standard tyres for our cars.

 

I wonder how strong those rims need to be & how much wil they cost???

[Nikfoo]

I'd like one for my bicycle first.

[Huggable]

But there're not sidewalls, will the tyre lose grip when cornered hard?

[Lwteyu]

may not make it when cornering!!!!

[Apollo]

eagle F1 also no sidewall.

 

i also wondering abt the integrity of such tyres becos the alignment of flaps seems to cater for rolling resistance only. the cross torque, torsion dunno can handle anot.

[Spiderman]

Someone shared this in another forum. More pics for those interested...

http://www.shadetreemechanic.com/michelin_...tire_design.htm

[Fitvip]

Michelin Develops Airless Tires

Worrying about running over a nail, or making sure your tires are always full may be a thing of the past thanks to the R&D team at Michelin. This is a prototype for airless tires. Instead of the regular inflated tire, this tire has the traditional outer treads wrapped around flexible, yet sturdy spokes. Apparently these tires are going by the name tweel, which is completely stupid. Jump to see a video of the tweel in action. Image via Fourtitude

[Bluemice]

Michelin Develops Airless Tires

Worrying about running over a nail, or making sure your tires are always full may be a thing of the past thanks to the R&D team at Michelin. This is a prototype for airless tires. Instead of the regular inflated tire, this tire has the traditional outer treads wrapped around flexible, yet sturdy spokes. Apparently these tires are going by the name tweel, which is completely stupid. Jump to see a video of the tweel in action. Image via Fourtitude

[Nine_eleven]

but then can't play around with air pressure to adjust grip and handling levels liao...

[Karebu]

well there must be a good reason why the early makers of cars used (air-filled) tyres instead of just vulcanizing the rubber on wheels and that we are still using them now.

[Nine_eleven]

solid tires were too hard and used too much material! hehehe