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Would these work on Mars rovers too?

• bkanber 5y ago
  Mars rovers already use tires like these.
• amelius 5y ago
  Or how about bicycles?
  • jaclaz 5y ago
    Superwheels, discussed here (but tyres remain conventional): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25158215 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25158215
  • dingaling 5y ago
    Spring tyres were used on bicycles in World War One https://onlinebicyclemuseum.co.uk/ww1-german-bicycles/ https://onlinebicyclemuseum.co.uk/ww1-german-bicycles/
  • bkanber 5y ago
    Tweels are probably too heavy to be viable on bicycles.
    • amelius 5y ago
      https://www.bridgestone.com/corporate/news/2017041701.html https://www.bridgestone.com/corporate/news/2017041701.html
      • bkanber 5y ago
        > The companies will advance feasibility studies seeking to make this new tire available in market by 2019. Given that I haven't seen tweels for bicycles yet, I assume the feasibility studies did not go well. It also looks like they also announced that bicycle tweels were 'coming soon' nearly two years ago: https://jalopnik.com/bridgestone-says-airless-tires-are-coming-soon-to-bicyc-1841140591 https://jalopnik.com/bridgestone-says-airless-tires-are-comi...