Energy Return Wheel

[gaz]

 

[Moodyman]

That looks great. I wonder how far that is from being commercially available.

 

[The Brewer]

Haven't we seen similar in the past....it does look cool though

Not sure I'd like them in the rain

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

Bet cornering is strange, I think the Tyre would deform under such situations on a road bike

 

[Lanzecki]

What energy does it return? And how much heavier is it then a normal tire?

Looks bad arse though

 

[MrJamie]

I wonder how it performs when it gets gravel or mud inside it :O

 

[Canrider]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_return_wheel

Might want to ignore or correct the 'found spelling'.. While I suppose there is the chance they've hit upon a novel material that'll provide the same riding performance of pneumatic rubber in cycling applications, the bumph about 'storing energy from bumps to make the wheel spin faster' sounds like something-for-nothing wishful thinking...

 

[Boris Bajic]

I don't see the point myself.

Puncture fairy?

Schmuncture Fairy!

You callow fools and children of witchcraft can fear the puncture all you want. I do not fear the puncture.

I laugh at this cloistered monstrosity of a not-tyre in the attached video.

I laugh at the puncture and I laugh at the superstitious fools who tremble at its mention.

There's no way I'm going to get a puncture this week.

Touch wood....

 

[Rob3rt]

And you vary your tyre pressure to best deal with the terrain at hand how?

 

[Drago]

With a pump! But that's out the window on these.

I can remember a similar looking item on Tomorrow's World about 3 decades back.

 

[SportMonkey]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_return_wheel

Might want to ignore or correct the 'found spelling'.. While I suppose there is the chance they've hit upon a novel material that'll provide the same riding performance of pneumatic rubber in cycling applications, the bumph about 'storing energy from bumps to make the wheel spin faster' sounds like something-for-nothing wishful thinking...

Illiterate SEO. Correcting but it should be removed from Wiki as marketing.

I think I got all the correct warnings at the top

 

[MattHB]

I bet they're very light

 

[davefb]

interesting..

i guess not okay for competition though .

 

[Davidc]

Perpetual motion machine?

They look a bit like things my children wore in the 1980s called Jelly Shoes!