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Latest tyres - See through tyres
« on: 06 March 2009, 23:37:53 »
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.

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....



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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« Reply #1 on: 06 March 2009, 23:43:23 »
yep..seen those..interesting , brilliant,useful and ugly..
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Re: Latest tyres - See through tyres
« Reply #2 on: 06 March 2009, 23:46:17 »
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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Re: Latest tyres - See through tyres
« Reply #3 on: 06 March 2009, 23:47:09 »
 :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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« Reply #4 on: 06 March 2009, 23:48:35 »
I think they will cost less than the conventional tires as not much expensive rubber required..
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Re: Latest tyres - See through tyres
« Reply #5 on: 07 March 2009, 00:12:10 »
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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Re: Latest tyres - See through tyres
« Reply #6 on: 07 March 2009, 00:21:44 »
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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« Reply #7 on: 07 March 2009, 09:07:31 »
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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Re: Latest tyres - See through tyres
« Reply #8 on: 07 March 2009, 09:11:12 »
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......!!!
« Last Edit: 07 March 2009, 09:11:47 by webby23 »
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« Reply #9 on: 07 March 2009, 09:13:20 »
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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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Re: Latest tyres - See through tyres
« Reply #10 on: 07 March 2009, 09:47:36 »
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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Re: Latest tyres - See through tyres
« Reply #11 on: 07 March 2009, 16:10:01 »
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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Re: Latest tyres - See through tyres
« Reply #12 on: 07 March 2009, 21:27:14 »
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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« Reply #13 on: 07 March 2009, 21:33:22 »
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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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« Reply #14 on: 07 March 2009, 21:47:53 »
I think engineers will find solutions to most of those problems..

the reason why they have that job.. ;)
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