The evolution of the wheel.....or Tire
 

Michelin is coming out with a new airless tire.
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I think they would be nice to have, in the summer, or non winter parts of the year. There are a couple downsides. Police can't use spike strips on these tires, get a rock stuck in there and it might do some serious damage.
Some good things are, no more air valves. You dont ever need to check the pressure, and you dont need to patch them if you run over a nail or something.

I believe it looks retarded, but I guess some people might find it cool.

Uglier then [img]http://itsb.ucsf.edu/~vcr/mask.gif[/img].

lol

they might add a skirt to it, to prevent stuff from getting in there, however, i wonder what the life is for the flexible spokes. cuz i cant imagine those lasting all that long, especially in some areas, particuarly those with rugged terrain ie dirt roads

i think it was posted before....im not sure...

doesnt look at all stable, at least add some siding so it looks like a real tire oOo:

awwww, i doubt the ricers will be able to do burn outs now...

Its a cool idea...

...but gonna really hurt the wheel. And it looks ghey.

i think its pretty interesting. you can say it looks stupid but i gurantee they will create a skirt to make it look like a normal tire. my bet is that it will sell but only to a small select market.

Esthetics on a vehicle is not that important, only efficiency is. You fucking ricers are wasting cash on what should be nothing more than a means of transportation...

If the positives outweigh the negatives and pricing is fair, I will purchase them.

if they come out with all-season truck tire, then I will buy it ( if the price is right too )

edit: never having to worry about a flat rock:

It's supposed to be ugly. Michellin knows what they are doing. If they design an ugly ass tire that will market to Team Retard (i.e. rappers, ricers, etc...) then their tire will be a social icon just like the spinners are now.

they dont look all that safe to me for some reason ...

Good development but they will not be any good come winter as snow and ice will get in there and throw it off balance. It will be nice to not have to worry about regulating tire pressure from hot to cold weather.

[quote="Sergeant_Scrotum":f3d8d]Good development but they will not be any good come winter as snow and ice will get in there and throw it off balance. It will be nice to not have to worry about regulating tire pressure from hot to cold weather.[/quote:f3d8d]


Obviously they would have tested it in all conditions, not like they can test it in one type of condition and automatically assume it'll be fine for every other weather condition.

and the wheel, goes round, and round

PS: WTF are our new smilies from 2 months ago?

I think they'd be practical for dry arid regions, but it doesn't look like they'd help much in the snow.

as long as I can put spinners on it im set

I like how a bunch of you guys think you are smarter than the engineers who designed it... and I also doubt this was made to be "cool" for rappers and ricers, an airless tire has ALOT of obvious advantages.

Yeah finally takes a hit at the Air Industry, fuckers.

yeah air is in such high demand now a days.
For everyone saying they suck, They have been tested, they work well enough for michelin to put them into production(or they will be very soon), They have a lot of benefits, and yes they will probably have a skirt on them to prevent damage to the interior.
IMO these will probably be a LOT safer than air filled tires. It eliminates blow outs, flats, leaks, and other air related problems. I would only be worried about dry rot and how long they will last.

doesnt look too safe to me, there are alot of potholes, speedbumps and dips here. if they become popular, it may drive down the price of tires, so thats cool.

have them test it on PA's streets...that's the ultimate test ha

I just saw the tire on the new edition of Time magazine.

They said is still toooooo noisy for commercial use, it is being use on wheelchairs and military equipment.

I hope that it does not look like that, and enclose the thing, I think it would look better that way.

spinnerz > all

I like the look of the tire as is for some reason. From the side it looks fine, just any other angle it looks retarded.