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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / June 2007What do you think of the Michelin Tweel - airless, sideless tire?
Interesting. Really the "tire of the future" or a gimmick? http://www.michelinman.com/difference/releases/pressrelease01102005a.html > Interesting. Really the "tire of the future" or a gimmick? > > http://www.michelinman.com/difference/releases/pressrelease01102005a.html This press release is over two years old and we still aren't seeing them on the road. What do you think? > >http://www.michelinman.com/difference/releases/pressrelease01102005a.... > > This press release is over two years old and we still aren't seeing them on > the road. What do you think? I don't know whether it's a concept with the potential to be superior - and it may not be - but I also don't know that this time frame necessarily leads to a conclusion that it's not viable. I imagine there have been longer time frames than this between working prototype and refined product. >> >http://www.michelinman.com/difference/releases/pressrelease01102005a.... >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > there have been longer time frames than this between working prototype > and refined product. Buy you'd expect to see the occasional updates. > Interesting. Really the "tire of the future" or a gimmick? > > http://www.michelinman.com/difference/releases/pressrelease01102005a.html I wonder how they would hold up on high horsepower drivin wheels on take off or on hard cornering.? They were suposed to be an option on some BMW's, or so I seem to remember from TV show. Ops...showing my education again. disston > Interesting. Really the "tire of the future" or a gimmick? > http://www.michelinman.com/difference/releases/pressrelease01102005a.html Yes, there was a science show on tv about them. I'd have to test drive them to know. > Interesting. Really the "tire of the future" or a gimmick? > > http://www.michelinman.com/difference/releases/pressrelease01102005a.... Airless yes, it substitutes a flexible core of ribs for the baloon of air most tires use for cushioning. But it is hardly sideless. The press release described the automotive application of the tweel as a "concept" which tells me it is a long way from production. Sounds interesting, although our lingo will have to change from having a tire that is flat to a wheel that is broken when it inevitably becomes no longer round. Wonder if they are repairable or just throwaway wheels? >> Interesting. Really the "tire of the future" or a gimmick? >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > becomes no longer round. Wonder if they are repairable or just > throwaway wheels? Yeah, that's a very good point. When the threads wear out, you again change the entire wheel? |
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