Michelin's new Tweel

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15-Jan-2005, 11:13 AM

imported_Sir_Civik

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Michelin's new Tweel

What do you think of this?

Tire-less Tires.

Scanned this from the paper,

And an article...
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/03/au...partner=rssnyt
It has a stupid flash ad popup

15-Jan-2005, 11:26 AM

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COOL!

The spokes can be engineered to give the Tweel five times as much lateral stiffness as current pneumatic tires without any loss of ride comfort.

but there loud..., still in test I really want to see these when there all done

15-Jan-2005, 12:20 PM

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ugly as hell

15-Jan-2005, 01:07 PM

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15-Jan-2005, 01:34 PM

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Originally posted by shlammed
ugly as hell

They are still in the engineering stages some im sure they will find away to make them look like a normal tire before the hit the market.

15-Jan-2005, 02:04 PM

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i guess you dont really have to worry about tire pressure anymore

15-Jan-2005, 03:38 PM

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something tells me that these will break more often then you blow a tire...

15-Jan-2005, 05:37 PM

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it may make a NICE sparetire llol

15-Jan-2005, 05:46 PM

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have those on your car one winter followed by rain and a deep chill you'd be frozen to the ground...

15-Jan-2005, 06:12 PM

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have those on your car one winter followed by rain and a deep chill you'd be frozen to the ground...

ROFL!!!!! so true not even mentioning the different feel everytime teh temps change!

15-Jan-2005, 06:25 PM

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Saw them on TV. They will look like a regular tire, and Michelin are guaranteeing they will revolutize the tire industry.

15-Jan-2005, 08:44 PM

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they will obviously have sidewalls...so basically the will look like a normal tire cept they dont require air...very sweet concept, fack the runflats...these will never go flat!