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The article implies the nitinol tires will last much longer, essentially a lifetime. Or at least most of it will, since they talk about $10 retreads. Presumably
by staplung 3y ago
The article implies the nitinol tires will last much longer, essentially a lifetime. Or at least most of it will, since they talk about $10 retreads. Presumably the sidewalls will never decay.
And I have no idea if this is true but it's at least possible that they'll weigh less than other puncture resistant tires since the usual method of gaining puncture resistance is adding a bunch more rubber or gel.
- michaelt 3y ago$10 retreads sound great. Until the makers notice that people who'll buy $500 tyres will tolerate much higher prices for retreads.
- loeg 3y agoThey don't weigh significantly less than puncture resistant tires with folding beads. E.g., Continental Gatorskins in 32mm are 350g, vs 450g advertised for these.