The Tweel looks like an interesting engineering development.

speedfreak227

its Almost an old development

your a few years late speedfreak lol

they were testing that thing in like 2002

really? i don't remember seeing it specifically.
saw it on a tv show this morning.

speedfreak227

lol ya, that was back when bose was working on their hydraulic suspension

i think it would just be replaceable tread

Yes, you can re-tread the tweel. Uses less rubber than buying a new tyre.

There's a section on the Tweel near the bottom of this article
http://www.carbibles.com/tyre_bible.html

Btw, it says they unveiled it in 2005

I think it is a great idea, but I've grown accustomed to the look of an inflated tire. If they were to add sidewalls to it somehow without changing the characteristics of it I'd buy 'em

just looked it up, now i remember why it seems so long ago, because it was very early january 2005; thats why it feels like 2004

i cant imagine what would happen if you rubbed the wall of that thing against a curb though; think about the damage that it would take