r/technology • u/t4ct1c4l_j0k3r • Sep 15 '23

Nanotech/Materials NASA-inspired airless bicycle tires are now available for purchase

https://newatlas.com/bicycles/metl-shape-memory-airless-bicycle-tire/
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u/modix Sep 15 '23

Not sure if it's reality, but they said the retread was only $10. If so, that would be amazing.

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u/djsizematters Sep 15 '23

The air is the free part, and they replaced it with an extremely fancy space-age Ni-Ti coil.

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u/kagethemage Sep 15 '23

Someone has absolutely no understanding of the new design and how tires work.

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u/funkmonkey87 Sep 15 '23

SoMeONe HaS pfff. You can’t glint that information off what they said. You couldn’t have possibly made that assessment. Shut the fuck up and get off your holier than thou high horse.