Triumphrat

jjmeadowlark · 03-09-2010, 08:44 PM

Saw these pics of new invisible car tires, thought they might be cool on a bike, but I'm not sure you'd be able to lean into turns...

Not quite on the market, but surely coming soon, since they're immune to puncture... Perhaps a motorcycle version is on the horizon?

and the wheels in motion.. The car "floats" on it's rims...

rodburner · 03-09-2010, 08:48 PM

There's already enough whining about having to clean the spokes. This would put some of the more 'anal" types over the edge...

hobbes80 · 03-09-2010, 08:54 PM

I would have a hard time trusting those... just like the "solid" plastic tires that came in "many colors"... just not there yet.

cgrossarth · 03-09-2010, 08:57 PM

Well, yeah, I can see some redesign necessary for
motorcycle application, but I'd really like to see that
auto tire under some really high lateral stress from
fast cornering.
cg

Owenbrau · 03-09-2010, 09:15 PM

I can't see that working for motorcycles. We need to lean, and therefore the tread needs to wrap around, unlike a care where the tread can be flat. You could make a bike tire this way I suppose, but it wouldn't be "invisible".

ozbon · 03-09-2010, 11:42 PM

IMO they look like utter cr@p!!!!!!

bobbo · 03-10-2010, 03:06 AM

+1 - wouldn't touch them with a bargepole. They look pants.

Odysseus · 03-10-2010, 06:55 AM

Sure you'll never have a puncture. But as motorcycle tyres need to wrap around, they'll fill up with rainwater, and worse if the neighbour's dog decides to urinate IN your tyres.

Haggis · 03-10-2010, 11:07 AM

yuck!

Besides, what's wrong with filling them with air? Air's free isn't it?

sweatmachine · 03-10-2010, 11:11 AM

IMO those are great for bobcats but not for cars and bikes: