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Re:Michelin Airless by syncsynchalt on Thursday October 14, 2021 @11:57AM (#28866047)
The magic of the pneumatic (air-filled) tire is that the entire air-filled space of the tire acts to absorb shock and vibration from the road surface.

Airless tires give up this advantage, and only the tire structure between the wheel and contact patch are available to do the same work.

The result is always a heavier tire that is a harsher ride. All the materials science in the world can't and won't find a solution to this. You can safely ignore any airless system for all but the most specialized applications.

Re:Michelin Airless by KennyBlanken on Thursday October 14, 2021 @01:11PM (#28867022)
The result is also always an efficiency loss. Periodically solid bike tires become faddish and it's like pedaling a bike made of lead.
Re:Michelin Airless by elif on Thursday October 14, 2021 @12:25PM (#28866390)
or a country that has its roads together like japan and china
Re:Michelin Airless by sfobiab on Thursday October 14, 2021 @12:30PM (#28866448)
Have you driven around within China much?
Re:Michelin Airless by elif on Saturday October 16, 2021 @06:53PM (#28892295)
Never. But I have driven on their roads in costa rica. They know how to build them.