My view on history because of my age and growing up as a nerdy only child of parents who came of age in the 1960's has given me a really crazy notion of how amazing the ideas technology driven advancements looks in that time period between 1900 and about 1980. Everyone from scientists, inventors, to authors, and directors seemed to really think we were going to be doing some amazing shit by the year 2000. Maybe not even particularly "better" shit, but amazing shit.
I guess I was just into my imagination and science fiction back then.
I feel like I've seen the concept work enough times on demonstrations that I'm justified wondering why I still gotta drag my butt to Mavis every few months
Imagine all the conveniences of a pressurized tire, but with terrible balance and constantly filling with dirt and debris. All those nooks and crannies, like an english muffin crossed with an out of balance washing machine.
They're great for off-road and heavy duty work applications.
Couldn't you resolve that by just covering the airless part? Like just because we don't have to inflate them anymore doesn't mean we need to constantly be seeing how not-inflated it is
What are the pros and cons of this against modern single seater motor vehicles like motorcycles? Seems like the giant wheel would be hard to replace and service.
In a country with good infrastructure they basically instantly upgrade the accessibility and travel distance one person has within their area.
Plus they're just insanely fun to ride on, not having to get off and walk up hills makes it ridiculously easy to pretend you're in a mariokart game when you're on a loop of streets by yourself.