The "Tweel"?

I'm a car nut too, and I remember when this came out. Should be
light-years ahead of the pneumatic tire.

If I had the time, I'd invent the first Tweel Cleaning Kit. I'd make a
mint buying cone-shaped dryer lint brushes from a Chinese supplier and
bundling them with some random "specialized cleaner".

jj said:

Interesting maybe for touring. Certainly ugly-looking, though.

Maybe on mountain bikes?

Too ugly to appear on cars anytime soon, IMHO. Alhtough perhaps as a
spare, if they are as narrow as they look.

Rich

Rich said:

jj said:

Interesting maybe for touring. Certainly ugly-looking, though.

Maybe on mountain bikes?

Too ugly to appear on cars anytime soon, IMHO. Alhtough perhaps as a
spare, if they are as narrow as they look.

It wouldn't take much to fix the look, after all they wanted to show the
technology off. Add a soft rubber sidewall, and make it wider, and it
would look like any other tire.

I would expect that at first you would see them in applications like
motorized wheelchairs, wheel barrows and hand trucks, where a "flat" can
be a big problem. Then I think you would see them in airliner use if
they could ever get the approvals. Construction equipment and heavy
trucks would be next, where hazards are plenty and changing a tire
requires specialized equipment. Auto use would probably begin in racing
applications, and security applications, where again a flat is a
definite problem. Standard cars, your probably looking at 20-25 years
down the road, and I am not sure that the automobile will still be
practical in 2030, when traffic will make the delays so long, that it
will be faster to take the "busway" or subway.

W

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Any indication if it will work on the high bank curves of US motorways?

I'd hate to buy a set and find out I have to install a governor to limit my
speed to 50mph on a car or 15mph on a bike to prevent separation of the rim
from the spokes.