NASA-inspired airless bicycle tires are now available for purchase::undefined
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Wow, I saw this tech on Veritasium’s channel and wondered how long it might be before we might see it. And here it is. Just like that, a future where bike tires never go completely flat may almost be here.
I’m hoping they actually make it to production and they’re a fantastic replacement to pneumatic tires.
BUT, it’s a Kickstarter, with estimated delivery almost a year from now. I’m withholding my excitement until they’re actually in use by regular people in the real world
ya, im done throwing my money away on kickstarters
Cycling kickstarters have an awful track record. Make sure it’s make by an actual cycling company and even then it’s better to do a late pledge after some fulfillment and reviews.
Yea I really think that an established brand would pick this up if it were really viable. They have the r&d capacity to make this work where I’m not convinced a startup does.
No they’re not
This is Kickstarter scam #3752726, don’t waste your money
Interesting tech but there are already decent available solutions such as the Schwalbe Marathon Plus and similar that are effectively glassproof, I have these on my bike and they work really well, one is over 15 years old now
glassproof
No, I like glass in my tires, thank you very much
You should ride around the city centre here, you will have so much glass in your tires in no time flat, you’ll love it!
I guess it would be cool if these worked. There are already similar products in the market and they suffer from being difficult to install, deadening and heavy.
My biggest worry on this would be where you’d get them re-threaded.
I always thought this tech was cool, and this implementation seems promising, but I’ll definitely be taking a wait and see approach.
Airless tires exist since forereve though.
Any notion on weight limits? Didn’t see it in my skin of the article or the kickstarter.
Neat.
How heavy are they?
It’s in the article. 450g
Yeah, for 700x35c. That’s not bad at all
… I somehow glossed over that lol
Not bad!
