New Michelin Wheel

[Silent][Moebius]

this is an interesting concept. hadn't heard of them yet.
though it doesn't looks very promising to me as it is really ugly and besides the tire really flattens out. of course normal tires do too, but imo not that extreme as shown in the closeup.

it would be nice to know if the concept would work in racing.

[XCNuse]

wouldnt doubt it, no idea why it wont go into production, probably because there is no way of stiffening the sidewall unless they .. well.. put something there

it does look soft, but they could easily stiffen it up (but then .. that would stiffen up everything) so.. interesting concept nonetheleast

[cattrain]

as cold as ice said, they would lose sales, but if someone else started a company that only made this tire than they could posibly change the industy...

[XCNuse]

what do you mean lol michelin is loosing sales every day thanks to F1 here in the US last year

[The Rain Knight]

Originally Posted by XCNuse

what do you mean lol michelin is loosing sales every day thanks to F1 here in the US last year

if you don't run on flat tyre anymore, you don't buy new tires....so that's the point...

[XCNuse]

..whats that got to do with the F1 gp at indianapolis last year?

[NightEye]

Originally Posted by Cold As Ice10129

it came out when i was in my sophemore year, so 3 years ago...and they proposed it but mentioned that the selling of it would probally not happen, becuase then they would lose sales in the long run.

Originally Posted by cattrain

as cold as ice said, they would lose sales, but if someone else started a company that only made this tire than they could posibly change the industy...

Originally Posted by The Rain Knight

if you don't run on flat tyre anymore, you don't buy new tires....so that's the point...

I gues this was the point =)

[Zachary]

Originally Posted by The Rain Knight

if you don't run on flat tyre anymore, you don't buy new tires....so that's the point...

maybe...

but eventually those tyres does wear out, so you need to buy set of new tires anyways. :roll: