sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 1 month agoWhy Kuwait Stores 7 Million Tires! - YouTubeyoutube.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkWhy Kuwait Stores 7 Million Tires! - YouTubeyoutube.comsabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 1 month agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
Honestly this is why I’m so into the idea of airless tires. Everyone just happily ignores this waste and I don’t get it
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-21 month ago Do you mean tires like this? Why shouldn’t it wear the same way like a common tire with air?
minus-squareJeeBaiChow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 month agoAgreed with sucessfuls evaluation. Once the outer layer gets eroded, same as every tyre, what’s left can’t be good for any grip.
minus-squaresabreW4K3@lazysoci.alOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoAsk Michelin, it was in one of the videos. Maybe the composite they’re using is more resilient.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-21 month agohttps://michelinmedia.com/michelin-uptis/ The only benefit regarding wear is that an airless tire obviously cannot be operated with impropper air pressure and thus, the assumed 8 % tires that are replaced due to uneven wear caused by wrong pressure could be saved.
Do you mean tires like this? Why shouldn’t it wear the same way like a common tire with air?
Agreed with sucessfuls evaluation. Once the outer layer gets eroded, same as every tyre, what’s left can’t be good for any grip.
Ask Michelin, it was in one of the videos. Maybe the composite they’re using is more resilient.
https://michelinmedia.com/michelin-uptis/
The only benefit regarding wear is that an airless tire obviously cannot be operated with impropper air pressure and thus, the assumed 8 % tires that are replaced due to uneven wear caused by wrong pressure could be saved.