Weird stuff! Someone sent me an Email about the New Michelin Tire coming out soon. Don't know how true

 

I think I saw this sometime ago in some magazine

 

Hate to say it...


REPOST

 

REPOST, they are gonna be expensive and SUCK

 

^^^ Yeah .. WTLM .. like couple months ago even ..

 

I dought they will provide good performance.

 

Those must be the ugliest things I've every seen.

 

I saw that in a magazine also, probably the same one as everyone else. too futuristic looking for me.

 

I bet those would just flex all the way into the rim worse than current tires with the potholes we have here in MI.. lol. I come across some on a daily basis that are 6ft wide and 8-10in deep. They do construction year around, and I never see an improvement. Its like wtf?

 

+1 But I'm sure they'll make them look like normal tires.

 

Do they last longer or is it just so you dont have to worry about punctures?

 

don't know about those sidewalls, not very firm

 

nvm it was a article
http://www.michelinman.com/differenc...01102005a.html

 

wow... looks like antique wooden tires from far away...

 

The performance of them has been tested extensively by Michelin and they are far superior to pneumatic tires, especially in cornering. There is zero lateral deflection. That means the contact patch remains constant throughout the turn thus providing far more grip than currently possible with pneumatic tires.

Additionaly, having no air pressure is a huge advantage because air compresses. The inner structure can be altered for specific applications enabling consistent turning, lap after lap.

There is development work currently going on to attach a rubber 'sidewall' so that the Tweel looks more like a conventional tire.