The promise of no more flats is a pretty powerful inducement for Bubba and
anyone else. It does look like it might howl at high rotation speeds (one
article
mentioned the spokes vibrate audibly) but water wouldn't appear to
compromise it deformation abilities to me. Ice and snow building up and
causing a rotational imbalance seems very likely with this design however.
One of the first thoughts that crossed my mind was that a flexible sidewall
covering would almost give it the appearance of a standard tire wheel combo.
This would eliminate much consumer trepidation in my opinion. Perhaps two
layers, one attached to the outer circumference, the tread band, and one
attached to the inner, the shear band. They could overlap and slide past each
other upon deformation of the tread band. This sould also eliminate the
possible introduction of ice or snow and might quiet the noise of the spokes.
I didn't see anything about how fast it can rotate before it might begin to
disintergrate. I didn't see anything about a speed rating at all.
John T.
> Yeah, I have seen it elsewhere also. Pretty odd looking and quite frankly do
> not see people really grabbing hold of this idea. What does it do in ankle
> deep water? Or how loud does it sound since it looks a lot like siren
> blades. Bubba sure wouldn't buy one for his chevy truck. But I also wondered
> about the lsr capability.
>
> mayf
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
> To: "land-speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 7:43 AM
> Subject: Michelin Tweel
>
>
> > I tried to post a picture of Michelin's airless Tweel , a tire with the
> tread
> > supported by 20 pairs of v shaped spokes . Would it have high speed
> > posibilities ?
> > John Burk joyseydevil@comcast.net
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