I’d love to print these out on biodegradable filament!
Oooh, if that algae-derived TPE would just hit the market already… 😍
You Can't Buy Airless MTB Tires—So I Made Them!
Submitted 3 weeks ago by snoons@lemmy.ca to 3dprinting@lemmy.world
https://youtube.com/watch?v=3mrCWFEO_3s
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MxRemy@piefed.social 3 weeks ago thenextguy@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Yeah, but he concluded that they kinda suck. At least version one. Fun project, but pointless?
GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 2 weeks 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 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
his point made sense. tubeless is “good enough” that there isn’t a demand nor market for airless 🤷♂️
GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I generally like traction.
starchylemming@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
first thought without opening the link:
what if you drive through dirt?
Trilogy3452@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The sides are open, why would it clog up?
BevsDad@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago Because mud will do what mud does and clog any opening smaller than a few inches wide?
quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago That sounds very bad for many reasons
daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Afaik you could buy airless. It has been a commercial product for decades.
asbestos@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Awesome project, but I’m really bummed out he’s openly supporting that piece of shit company
Joelk111@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Oh, was it sponsored by Bambu? Sponsor block might’ve caught me there. I was sorta dissapointed when I learned he’d moved from Prusa, as that is where he started.