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A true 'AIRLESS TIRE'...?
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shabbasuraj
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Jan 10, 2005, 09:16 PM
 
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Jan 10, 2005, 10:51 PM
 
hehe... I read about that on autoblog.com
few days ago...pretty amazing.
     
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Jan 10, 2005, 11:37 PM
 
I had airless tires on my tricycle!
     
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Jan 10, 2005, 11:39 PM
 
What no spinnerz?!?
     
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Jan 10, 2005, 11:44 PM
 
edit: nevermind.

cool tires.

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Jan 11, 2005, 01:46 AM
 
New Crazyness!

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Jan 11, 2005, 01:48 AM
 
They are a cool invention but sorta ugly eh.
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Jan 11, 2005, 08:26 AM
 
dang ... i wonder how they will perform when the car/tires go sideways. i wonder if it can take the torque/flex...

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Jan 11, 2005, 09:14 AM
 
Should be standard issue on all 'thug cars' here in a year.

Beats spike strips so the 'po-po' can't stop em.

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Jan 11, 2005, 09:18 AM
 
Originally posted by Lancer409:
dang ... i wonder how they will perform when the car/tires go sideways. i wonder if it can take the torque/flex...
Just what I was wondering Bet you can't do a decent power slide with them! Still, no punctures and apparently they last forever.

They are a cool invention but sorta ugly eh


I guess they'll look better if cars are designed around them, rather than being stuck onto cars meant for normal tyres... But we won't be seeing these things on normal cars for quite a while.
     
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Jan 11, 2005, 10:49 AM
 
My tires are airless too - filled with Nitrogen.
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Jan 11, 2005, 11:34 AM
 
How will those stand up to driving at 50 mph and hitting a nice pot hole make them look. Those will put more stress on the suspension too with bumps and road imperfections that normal tires don't transfer.
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Jan 11, 2005, 01:31 PM
 
They made airless tires before they ever invented tires with air! They added the air to make the ride softer, but airless is no innovation.

Now, if it's an airless tire that rides as nicely as a pneumatic tire, that IS noteworthy.

tooki

P.S. Doesn't that tire look just exactly like the profile of the DVD Doctor disc repair gadgets?
     
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Jan 12, 2005, 02:28 PM
 
Originally posted by Lancer409:
dang ... i wonder how they will perform when the car/tires go sideways. i wonder if it can take the torque/flex...
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Jan 12, 2005, 02:53 PM
 
OK, I didn't read the links (just looked at the pic here)... ...is that how they look or is that a prototype cutaway and the real thing is intended to be encased in a normal tyre?
     
   
 
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