New tyres

[jayxx83]

Not sure if anyone has seen this before, but it is rather unusual.

 

[Will.]

WTF

 

[Englebert]

+1

 

[DrR]

Saw these ages ago

 

[Keano]

will be awesome when rubber runs out after a week

 

[DrR]

Why would the rubber wear out after a week?

 

[c__w]

Yea that's a picture from a few years ago. I can't se the sidewall being very stiff , they loko a bit soft don't they! Probably got a long way to go before that can of tyre is going to be considered.

 

[DrR]

[YOUTUBE]fqRJ9GfIJtI[/YOUTUBE]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqRJ9GfIJtI

 

[Keano]

Why would the rubber wear out after a week?

well obviously not a week *face palm*

but i cant see them lasting as long as a normal tyre!!

 

[DrR]

Why? The rubber on a normal tyres is only about as thick as on there.

 

[Aluco]

FLOL at the michelin man!

 

[guysy]

They look ugly as f**k, And like something from horse and carriage times.

But i can see them being useful for cars, seeing as they cant be punctured (if that rubber on them is solid), Probably bullet proof eventually etc.

 

[jayxx83]

prob gives better fuel economy and less road noise as those fins could potentially tune it out and it should weigh less. looks gash though.

 

[jesus]

they look like the underside of mushrooms

 

[Brown.]

surely you guys know what run flats are.... or are these instead of runflats ?

 

[SC03OTT]

surely you guys know what run flats are.... or are these instead of runflats ?

I read an article in Auto Express (some years ago) and I think it was an alternative to run flats. I don't think the intention was to sell them looking like this, they would have a side wall. They just didn't have a side wall in these so they could demonstrate how the tyre worked. I think I'm right in saying that.

 

[J03]

OLD.... michelin have several prototypes after these havent they..?