https://newatlas.com/bicycles/metl-shape-memory-airless-bicycle-tire/
Thoughts?
https://newatlas.com/bicycles/metl-shape-memory-airless-bicycle-tire/
https://newatlas.com/bicycles/metl-shape-memory-airless-bicycle-tire/
Thoughts?
Wrt "the main tire should reportedly last for the life of the bike":
They certainly have a bridge to sell, too.
On 9/14/2023 2:35 AM, Wolfgang Strobl wrote:
Wrt "the main tire should reportedly last for the life of
the bike":
They certainly have a bridge to sell, too.
Every time you see "lasts the life of the xyz" you need to
be very wary.
"The timing chain lasts the life of the car." Well actually,
when the timing chain broke, "the car lasted the life of the
timing chain" (a defunct U.S. car brand made a big deal of
using a chain rather than a belt, but their timing chain
system was poorly designed and they experienced a lot of
timing chains breaking).
I saw those tires at Sea Otter. Yet another attempt at
airless tires that will almost certainly fail given the
drawbacks and the cost.
On 9/14/2023 3:46 AM, sms wrote:
On 9/14/2023 2:35 AM, Wolfgang Strobl wrote:
Wrt "the main tire should reportedly last for the life of
the bike":
They certainly have a bridge to sell, too.
Every time you see "lasts the life of the xyz" you need to
be very wary.
"The timing chain lasts the life of the car." Well actually,
when the timing chain broke, "the car lasted the life of the
timing chain" (a defunct U.S. car brand made a big deal of
using a chain rather than a belt, but their timing chain
system was poorly designed and they experienced a lot of
timing chains breaking).
I saw those tires at Sea Otter. Yet another attempt at
airless tires that will almost certainly fail given the
drawbacks and the cost.
+1
Everything fails. Choose your frequency and price.
--
Andrew Muzi
a...@yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971
On Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 1:57:55 PM UTC+1, AMuzi wrote:
On 9/14/2023 3:46 AM, sms wrote:That's why the new venture to produce those tyres is financed by a Kickstarter* so that the experiment is paid for by starry-eyed cyclists aka naifs who believe in global warming and products that last forever. See:
On 9/14/2023 2:35 AM, Wolfgang Strobl wrote:+1
Wrt "the main tire should reportedly last for the life of
the bike":
They certainly have a bridge to sell, too.
Every time you see "lasts the life of the xyz" you need to
be very wary.
"The timing chain lasts the life of the car." Well actually,
when the timing chain broke, "the car lasted the life of the
timing chain" (a defunct U.S. car brand made a big deal of
using a chain rather than a belt, but their timing chain
system was poorly designed and they experienced a lot of
timing chains breaking).
I saw those tires at Sea Otter. Yet another attempt at
airless tires that will almost certainly fail given the
drawbacks and the cost.
Everything fails. Choose your frequency and price.
--
Andrew Muzi
a...@yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/14/23873153/nasa-bike-tire-shape-memory-price-smart-specs
Andre Jute
*Kickstarter: Perpetual motion machine for raiding the credit cards of gullibles. -- Jute's 21st Century Dictionary of the Truths No One Else Will Tell You.
https://newatlas.com/bicycles/metl-shape-memory-airless-bicycle-tire/ Thoughts?I re\ad that article this morning while waiting for the Vuelta to start. They made VERY light of traction and that plastic hose in which the memory metal is being carried has no traction and you have to place a traction surface over the outside of it. I
patrick <patm216140....@gmail.com> wrote:They are very stiff in "give" and hence retain a round surface. I couldn't say if that is good or bad since it would be impossible for that sort of technology not to give some.
https://newatlas.com/bicycles/metl-shape-memory-airless-bicycle-tire/ Thoughts?
Essentially bit like, the year of the Linux desktop, bikes have airless tires and chain replacements which never quite get mainstream for various reasons.
For airless tires it’s ride quality or lack of that they always fail on.
Roger Merriman
On Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 1:57:55 PM UTC+1, AMuzi wrote:
On 9/14/2023 3:46 AM, sms wrote:
On 9/14/2023 2:35 AM, Wolfgang Strobl wrote:
Wrt "the main tire should reportedly last for the life of
the bike":
They certainly have a bridge to sell, too.
Every time you see "lasts the life of the xyz" you need to
be very wary.
"The timing chain lasts the life of the car." Well actually,
when the timing chain broke, "the car lasted the life of the
timing chain" (a defunct U.S. car brand made a big deal of
using a chain rather than a belt, but their timing chain
system was poorly designed and they experienced a lot of
timing chains breaking).
I saw those tires at Sea Otter. Yet another attempt at
airless tires that will almost certainly fail given the
drawbacks and the cost.
+1
Everything fails. Choose your frequency and price.
--
Andrew Muzi
a...@yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971
That's why the new venture to produce those tyres is financed by a Kickstarter* so that the experiment is paid for by starry-eyed cyclists aka naifs who believe in global warming and products that last forever. See:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/14/23873153/nasa-bike-tire-shape-memory-price-smart-specs
Andre Jute
*Kickstarter: Perpetual motion machine for raiding the credit cards of gullibles. -- Jute's 21st Century Dictionary of the Truths No One Else Will Tell You.
On Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 12:41:53 AM UTC-7, Roger Meriman wrote:
patrick <patm216140....@gmail.com> wrote:They are very stiff in "give" and hence retain a round surface. I
https://newatlas.com/bicycles/metl-shape-memory-airless-bicycle-tire/Essentially bit like, the year of the Linux desktop, bikes have airless
Thoughts?
tires and chain replacements which never quite get mainstream for various
reasons.
For airless tires it’s ride quality or lack of that they always fail on. >>
Roger Merriman
couldn't say if that is good or bad since it would be impossible for that sort of technology not to give some.
https://newatlas.com/bicycles/metl-shape-memory-airless-bicycle-tire/ Thoughts?
On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 9:22:20 PM UTC-4, patrick wrote:
https://newatlas.com/bicycles/metl-shape-memory-airless-bicycle-tire/
Thoughts?
Not exactly 'new'...it's been out for a few years. https://www.bicycling.com/news/a35980528/smart-tire-company-airless-alloy-tires/
On 9/16/2023 8:40 AM, funkma...@hotmail.com wrote:
On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 9:22:20 PM UTC-4, patrick wrote:
https://newatlas.com/bicycles/metl-shape-memory-airless-bicycle-tire/
Thoughts?
Not exactly 'new'...it's been out for a few years. https://www.bicycling.com/news/a35980528/smart-tire-company-airless-alloy-tires/Yes, and in the 1970s there were Carefree Airless Urethane
tires. They come and go periodically.
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Andrew Muzi
a...@yellowjersey.org
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