Anyone seen these before? Don't think they'll look good with Fuchs!
 

My friend sent me these pics...weird tyres!


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Debatable looks but they should make a rather light weight wheel over all. No?

the idea was presented years ago. Not a horrible idea by any means but man does it look weird

There goes the market for 19" and 20" wheels.

I don't think they are going to make these. Why? Too good, that's why. The situation reminds me of why the oil companies aren't backing the development of hydrogen powered cars. Those tires look like high mileage units to me.

Just an opinion. I have no data on them. These have been discussed here before and I think there are some reasons why we don't see them in production. I'd use them in a heartbeat on one or another car just to see what it's all about.

One of my favorite quotes: Want to read more?
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/214977-next-gen-tire-tweel-pics-inside.html?highlight=tweel

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/209426-twas-tweel-thing.html?highlight=tweel

It looks ugly but I am sure they could come up with a "sidewall" that would look decent to cover it.

First bit of mud and just imagine how insanely out of balance they would be!

There goes the Mexican sandal market.

yeah but companies that make the rubber would still be able to make them. Only people who might get mad are the ones that sell air..

A good friend of mine is a tire engineer for Michelin and two years ago and he drew this very tire on a napkin. Said that this was his project. After looking at the tire I told him that I felt nauseous. He said get used to it!

Something about that wheel scares me...since it is flexible enough to absorb curbs/steps, how is it under hard cornering and hard braking? Seems like it would act like a blowout/folded tire.

Geez guys- the sidewall is off for demonstration purposes! It will look like a normal tire.

Greetings from 2004...

I hear people say that from time to time.

Just curious, why would one ever expect an oil company to back the development of a hydrogen powered car??

Oil companies aren't in the car development business, or the hydrogen business. Just like they aren't in the television business, or the fine china business, so they don't back the development of high definition TVs or fine dinnerware, either.

Ummm...yeah, isn't that just a regular tire missing its sidewall?

No. A regular tire is filled with nothing but . . . air.

That newfangled thingy is filled with a bunch of triangular pieces, which they call "flexible spokes."

I'm not chucking my tire pressure guage just yet...

you would need a 3 piece wheel to mount those i would think

anyone have any 12" rims for sale?

I read an article on those a couple of years back - the pics you see are prototypes for demonstration of the inner cores. The tires will have sidewall so they resemble any other tire.

They were designed as airless, run flat - since they will never flat, and can take quite a hit (good sized rocks and pot holes) and bounce right back.

They are also supposedly quite the performance tire since there is virtually no sidewall flex and can be very low profile.