I’d love to print these out on biodegradable filament!
Awesome project, but I’m really bummed out he’s openly supporting that piece of shit company
You Can't Buy Airless MTB Tires—So I Made Them!
Submitted 21 hours ago by snoons@lemmy.ca to 3dprinting@lemmy.world
https://youtube.com/watch?v=3mrCWFEO_3s
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asbestos@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
starchylemming@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
first thought without opening the link:
what if you drive through dirt?
MxRemy@piefed.social 21 hours ago Oooh, if that algae-derived TPE would just hit the market already… 😍
thenextguy@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
Yeah, but he concluded that they kinda suck. At least version one. Fun project, but pointless?
GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
He’d like em a lot better, if he took the tread off and stuffed them inside a tire. Still wonder to this day how mountain biking hasn’t picked up on Mousses. They came pretty close with those cush cores, but they still weren’t really meant to be run flat. I run mousses in my dirtbike, and they generally kick ass. A big miserable to install the first couple times until you get the hang of it, but awesome.
StuffYouFear@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
You kinda run into the same issue as runflat inserts on cars. They make the wheel a lot heavier, bad for something human powered. Rotational mass costs more power to move than mass on the frame.
bender223@lemmy.today 18 hours ago
his point made sense. tubeless is “good enough” that there isn’t a demand nor market for airless 🤷♂️
GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
I generally like traction.
That sounds very bad for many reasons