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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: willyboy on 06 March 2009, 23:37:53
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CHECK OUT THESE TYRES!
These tyres are made in South Carolina , USA .
SEE THROUGH TYRES
Radical new tyre design by Michelin.
The next generation of tyres.
They had a pair at the Philadelphia car show.
(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/will.wombat/tyres%201.jpg)
Yes, those are 'spoke' like connections to the inner part of the tyre from the outside tread 'wrap!' The next picture shows how odd it looks in motion....
(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/will.wombat/tyre%20pic%202.jpg)
(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/will.wombat/tyre%20pic%203.jpg)
(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/will.wombat/tyre%20pic%204.jpg)
These tyres are airless and are scheduled to be out on the market very soon.
The bad news for law enforcement is that spike strips will not work on these.
Just think of the impact on existing technology:
A. no more air valves...
B. no more air compressors at gas stations...
C. no more repair kits...
D. no more flats...
These are actual pictures taken in the South Carolina plant of Michelin.
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yep..seen those..interesting , brilliant,useful and ugly..
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IIRC there were some serious problems with these originally due to the "spokes" breaking up through fatigue after not very high mileages... :(
Novel idea and it may well work ... eventually ... :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/
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:o :o They look MAD!!! I'm not sure Id trust them, I don't know why, They are just a bit too freeky for me!!!! :-/
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I think they will cost less than the conventional tires as not much expensive rubber required..
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the MV6 will be getting treated to these then when they come out they look immense cant wait i wont have to bother with pressures no more! :y
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I believe that the "lack" of pressure is one of the problems ... :(
Tyre pressure on conventional tyres is mainly to support the sidewalls and give "strength" to the tyre, which is why tyre pressures should be increased for high loads or high speed cruising, as both these lead to higher sidewall temperatures, more flexing (which increases the temperature more) and so weakens the walls. Increasing the tyre pressure prevents this flexing.
These "new" tyres have no way of compensating for higher loads or speeds, so will either have to operate within narrower bands, or they will have to find another way around the problem.
I don't think these will be on the market for a few years yet.
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Don't like them at all -- not the look, nor the principle (old dinosaur here !). Maybe a combination of a pressurised tyre with internal "spokes" could work ---- the spokes coming in to play when there is a potential deflation. In the words of the Great Prophet ..... Dunno :-?
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Jeez they are shockingly ugly and I am no engineer but would seriously doubt their longterm integrity especially when cornering HARD for prolonged periods........they just dont look safe at all to me......!!!
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Don't like them at all -- not the look, nor the principle (old dinosaur here !). Maybe a combination of a pressurised tyre with internal "spokes" could work ---- the spokes coming in to play when there is a potential deflation. In the words of the Great Prophet ..... Dunno :-?
I'm with you there HC 100% :y
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I think if they started to use them for road use they would cause accidents, simply by other motorists focusing on them wondering WTF they were.
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If these tyres have no sides then what stops them becoming full of mud, stones, rocks or anything for that matter :o in which case the balance would be seriously thrown out and not only that they would be projecting all sorts of stuff everywhere!!! :o :o :o.
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What if you also say, need to tow something, when tyre pressures have to be increased for the situation then decreased back to their original pressure for normal use. :-?
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If these tyres have no sides then what stops them becoming full of mud, stones, rocks or anything for that matter :o in which case the balance would be seriously thrown out and not only that they would be projecting all sorts of stuff everywhere!!! :o :o :o.
I would have thought these where for illustration purposes & when/if they go on sale they'd have a side wall, just for the above reasons.
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I think engineers will find solutions to most of those problems..
the reason why they have that job.. ;)
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if you look at the last pic
the driver has dog legged the back wheel
so they must be strong tyres
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These tyres do "the rounds" every few years - when everyone has forgotten about them.
There are a few issues to get round first, though - they're actually impossible to fit (or were) and have to be cast onto the rim (think solid tyres for fork lifts.
If they're cheaper to make but only last a few hundred miles, then they'll be the new "spacesaver" spare. It'll take some beating though -the cost price of a spacesaver wheel and tyre assembly was just over £20 last time i checked..
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I have read somewhere that it has been established they are actually made for NASA for space vehicles - they are not intended for cars - nor for this planet
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These tyres do "the rounds" every few years - when everyone has forgotten about them.
There are a few issues to get round first, though - they're actually impossible to fit (or were) and have to be cast onto the rim (think solid tyres for fork lifts.
If they're cheaper to make but only last a few hundred miles, then they'll be the new "spacesaver" spare. It'll take some beating though -the cost price of a spacesaver wheel and tyre assembly was just over £20 last time i checked..
Yep, saw them quite a few years ago.
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I recall seeing these in about 2001 - never heard any more: until seeing this.
What's been happening in this development over that 8 years?
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I do not like, or would trust them! ::) ::) ::) I would like to see how these work in heavy rain, on flooded roads; paddle ships comes to mind! ::) ::) ;D ;D ;)
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some boy racer would go and find a way of putting led's in the tyre
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If these tyres have no sides then what stops them becoming full of mud, stones, rocks or anything for that matter :o in which case the balance would be seriously thrown out and not only that they would be projecting all sorts of stuff everywhere!!! :o :o :o.
That is an excellent point (it must be, I was about to make it ::))
I dont think these are a serious option for a car. Moon buggy maybe.
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Centrifugal forces wont let stones or other materials stay..
Only some tiny sticky mud can stay , may be.. That you can wash :D
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They look like bike wheels. Anyway it would mean the end for tyre shine products. :(
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They look like bike wheels. Anyway it would mean the end for tyre shine products. :(
And no stones in the desert :y
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I wonder if it would stop next doors dog p1ssing on my wheels.
When will they do the remold version of this too. ;D
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some boy racer would go and find a way of putting led's in the tyre
;D ;D ;D :y
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Good job they're not real. I don't even like too lower profile tyres, they look gay.
Wheels should have some rubber round them same as certain other things we like have some h**r round them!!!
Maybe i'm a luddite but i like things as they should be!!!!! 8-)
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some boy racer would go and find a way of putting led's in the tyre
yep.. I can bet on this.. Within 1 week there'll be many cars around with flashing leds in tires ;D
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Good job they're not real. I don't even like too lower profile tyres, they look gay.
Wheels should have some rubber round them same as certain other things we like have some h**r round them!!!
Maybe i'm a luddite but i like things as they should be!!!!! 8-)
traditional habits ;D :y
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Very odd and horrible but cool none the less.
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wouldnt have them on my mig,they look bloody awful!
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Some serious alloy dings with those bad boys, would be like a flintstone car in a few weeks getting up the kerb outside mine! lol