Re: Air Pressure Help Please!
Originally Posted by
JBR
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I've just had a brilliant idea.
Obviously, solid tyres wouldn't be very good, but what about a tyre filled with some sort of foam? They would be impervious to punctures, yet the foam could provide a springy and compressible filling which, if properly designed and made of suitable material, could behave in a similar way to an air-filled tyre.
You'll probably tell me that such things are already available, and I have no hope of becoming rich on the back of my idea!
When I lived in SA they had bicycle tyres that had a sort of honeycomb of rubber inside, si if you got a puncture it only affected a small amount of tyre. I've never heard of anything like that since. It seemed like a good idea for all tyres.
My local petrol station will check my tyres for me as my hands hurt holding that thing in place and I can't hear the bleep of the machine.
I've had to teach some assistants how to do it and always have to tell them what pressure to use, but, they're very helpful.