You Still Can’t Buy Airless Tires Even After A Decade… But You Can 3D Print One
['Sarang Sheth']
Yanko Design
Michelin has been showing off airless tires since 2011 and still has not sold you one.
Berm Peak part owns Klik, a valve company, so a viable airless tire flooding the market would technically cost him money too.
Airless tires aren’t the solution, they’re A solution – the problem they’re trying to solve is punctures, and something as stupidly simple as liquid sealant solved that problem years ago.
Mountain bikers swear by it, and it sure beats carrying a screw and 3D printed spare parts on your expeditions.
There is, however, a certain flair to riding a bike sporting tires as eye-catching as these.