From an e mail I received, supposedly not a fake. Puncture proof, no air pressure to worry about, no valve. They look very strange though . . .
...how strange. I'm guessing when they actually release them they could be made to look exactly like a conventional tyre.
Such a simple idea, yet such a huge step forward. Anyone else here had a blow-out while doing 60? Scary ****. At least they'll solve that problem.
That looks so wierd So say goodbye to low profile tires Also was the last picture Its seems like its going to be exceedingly easy to destroy your rims
They could make them more robust. Put more supports in, etc. I'm guessing, if they're real, they're only prototypes. I think they are the way forward. Blow-outs are ****in deadly.
I've had two blowouts on tubeless tyres, thankfully both on the back wheels, how does a tyre being tubeless (as they all have been for many years) stop it from puncturing?
Since when did car tyres have tubes? Apparently that's more dangerous. Mine was on the front and it just pushed the car into the next lane. If it's at the back apparently it just blasts the back of your car to the side about 90 degree's, and you have no control over it. That's just what I heard, as I said my experience was with the front.
Up to around 20 years ago. On a front wheel drive car all that the back wheels do is follow the front ones, so providing you're not driving fast through a bend a rear wheel blow out is easily controllable. Which isn't the case when a front tyre blows, as you say 'pushing the car into the next lane' can be deadly if there happens to be 52 tonnes of HGV in it at the time . . .
Right to assume they weren't in any car I've ever owned then. Even my Dad hasn't seen them. He's 55 and has maintained his cars himself his whole life. And there was no HGV in it at the time, lol.
When the Car's moving they look like giant steering-wheels. Surely the bigger problem lies with the fact that a tire with bent metalwork would be far worse than a tire that needs a good pump?
I do question that myself. Surely if you went fast enough and hit say, a kerb, the ribs would give enough for the rim to collide with the kerb itself. **** knows.
Not really. I imagine they're just as strong as pneumatic tyres, otherwise they wouldn't work? Biggest issue I can see is that they'd need to be bonded to the rim of the wheel, otherwise when the brakes are applied the tyre may continue going round even though the wheel has stopped.
I got this email a LONG time back, so if they are the real deal, then they have been in the prototype stage for about 2 years.
About the tubeless thing In india we had tubed tires till very recently : So they are way way more dangerous than tubeless ...and thats what a meant by a blowout ( a puncture at high speeed )
