snoons@lemmy.ca to 3DPrinting@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agoYou Can't Buy Airless MTB Tires—So I Made Them!youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squareStuffYouFear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoYou kinda run into the same issue as runflat inserts on cars. They make the wheel a lot heavier, bad for something human powered. Rotational mass costs more power to move than mass on the frame.
minus-squaredefinitemaybe@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoEven without a tire over them, they weigh more than the heaviest tire on the market. So, yeah. Exactly.
You kinda run into the same issue as runflat inserts on cars. They make the wheel a lot heavier, bad for something human powered. Rotational mass costs more power to move than mass on the frame.
Even without a tire over them, they weigh more than the heaviest tire on the market. So, yeah. Exactly.