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Old May 12, 2006 | 01:31 PM
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Air-less Tires

I have found this Air-less tire called a TWEEL, by michelin... Hope to see a "low-Profile" version of this one day......



more info can be found here.

http://www.carbibles.com/tyre_bible.html

And has great info on Tire and Wheel definitions etc...
Old May 12, 2006 | 01:41 PM
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Thats cool.
Good find.
Old May 12, 2006 | 01:44 PM
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WOW!! . That's a lot of information!
Old May 12, 2006 | 01:46 PM
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Different
Old May 12, 2006 | 02:20 PM
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I work for Michelin and this is something they pushing hard. Michelin's website has a lot of info as well.
Old May 12, 2006 | 04:05 PM
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The Tweel rules... They've already made working prototypes too.
Old May 12, 2006 | 04:10 PM
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Interesting....
Old May 12, 2006 | 05:01 PM
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if you where to get into a police chase with those would spike strips even work? not that i want to do this, but this just sounds like a real bad thing for all the police out there that have to chase somebody and they are running these. I watch way to many police videos and cops by the way
Old May 12, 2006 | 06:02 PM
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very interesting.....as for the cops they should give up on the spike strip and just shoot the jerk behind the wheel, should cut down on those silly chases in the long run.....can ya tell I'm still pissed?
Old May 12, 2006 | 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by four61ob
can ya tell I'm still pissed?
OK Now. Take a deep breath and.........
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