High Speed Airless Tire

john in la · Feb 11, 2009

Anyone seen this new high speed airless tire Michelin is working on.

big fred · Feb 11, 2009

Yup, been seeing that same buncha pictures for about 4-5 years now. Back then they were saying we would be seeing them on the market in 4 or 5 years.

GA Dave · Feb 11, 2009

Where's the valve stem? David..............

kyplowboy · Feb 11, 2009

If they were price'd right those would be nice on tobacco wagons but I don't see them going on any of mine any time soon. Think I will stick with the junk yard specials.

Dave

Anonymous-0 · Feb 12, 2009

They had airless tyres in the 1st world war.but not the best suspension.

doogdoog · Feb 12, 2009

Aloha,
Ohaaaaaaaaah, must be some smooth ride! LOL

Mahalo,
doogdoog

RayP(MI) · Feb 12, 2009

No punctures! But that means that the cop's spike strip is ineffective. My bigger concern is wait until they're loaded up with mud, snow or ice. Going to be a real thrill!

Don-Wi · Feb 12, 2009

I've seen those pictures a while back- Ray makes a good point about getting loaded up with mud and snow. No way I could use them because of this fact. Whenever a little bit of snow & ice would freeze to my rim it would gove me the shakes pretty bad. Can't imagine snow and ice freezing in those tires...

Donovan from Wisconsin

CWL · Feb 12, 2009

Seems like the tire design would be very specific to vehicle weight.

Two Dogs · Feb 12, 2009

I"ll bet the bros will go for them.

TDF

Kelly C · Feb 12, 2009

I would imagine they are like this for test reasons. Would surly have to put a side wall on them. If not they are not selling around here. It would not take long for your front end to come lose from whoping around like a unballaced wash machine.

Walt Davies · Feb 12, 2009

Just one question are they Tubeless or Tube type,
Radial or bias?
Walt

Anonymous-0 · Feb 12, 2009

That is the Tweel technology that was first seen, back 4-5 years ago. Glad to see they continued development. Its more than just an airless tire. The flex ability like they are showing in the picture is great. On a hard take off I think they'd put more rubber on the ground too.

LenND · Feb 12, 2009

I wonder how they would do here in 30, 40 below zero. I bet the flat spot from sitting too long would sure raise he** with the front end.

Don-Wi · Feb 12, 2009

They're not on the market yet as far as I know- still in the testing stage, and I can almost guarantee tht they don't do the real world test of a car that sits outside all night and has snow blow and drift into the alloy rims, then freeze in place.

That'd be my car. Last winter I was on my way down to Madison and there was ice froze to the rim. It was slushy & crappy out, but I took it to a car wash anyway. Was enough to melt the ice and give me a good ride again. Was filthy by the time I got to where I was going though...

Donovan from Wisconsin

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