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Bridgestone's Airless Tires Will Soon Let Cyclists Abandon Their Bike Pumps
Gizmodo ^
| 4/20/2017
| Andrew Liszewski
Posted on 04/24/2017 9:17:24 AM PDT by jmcenanly
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To: SouthParkRepublican
Then they'll have to be restricted to one's summer vehicles. (Or one's vehicles for the tropics.) :)
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posted on
04/24/2017 2:44:44 PM PDT
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Clearly Right
(Except when I'm driving, which I tend to do on the left side of the vehicle.)
To: jmcenanly
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Too much friction loss for bikes. It’ll never catch on.
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posted on
04/24/2017 2:48:01 PM PDT
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editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: Gman
What happens when you lock the brakes at speed?
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04/24/2017 2:49:28 PM PDT
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tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Flick Lives
“They have airless-tires in development for cars, but they are pretty odd looking”
Tires are part of the suspension system (small part) it will be interested to see how Car manufacturers compensate for no air tires if they go that route.
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04/25/2017 3:31:36 AM PDT
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DAC21
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