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March 15th 09, 02:08 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
jim beam[_4_]
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New airless tire
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On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:44:42 -0700 (PDT), "
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http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tec...tweel.tech.cnn
Not solid rubber, rubber support ribs radiating from the hub.
Dear Mike,
The tweel's flexible spokes do a nice job of illustrating how the
spokes under a loaded axle behave:
http://i42.tinypic.com/qso7qq.jpg
complete the sentence: "with 'rim' distortion"...
Unless Michelin comes up with some kind of cover, the wind drag will
be impressive. Maybe the flexing shown in the picture would prevent
snow, ice, and slush from filling the voids?
Cheers,
Carl Fogel
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