[YellowBike] help me brainstorm tire solutions for Ybs

[Joshua Marvel]

Your average volume-filling expanding foam will be tricky to make work.
Most of it takes on a crumbly consistency when it expands. Also I remember
that getting an even fill in the tire was one of the problems when Adam
tried it a few years ago. Perhaps some sort of foam that takes on a
rubbery/hard consistency? Either than or some kind of solid (or thick
walled) rubber tubing that could cut to length and crammed inside a normal
tire.  Hmm I wonder how that would work...

-Josh



--- Aaron Wieler <afw01 at hampshire.edu> wrote:

> hi everyone!
> 
> help me brainstorm some puncture-proof tire solutions.
> 
> here's a couple of thoughts:
> 
> solid rubber tires (expensive)
> slime tubes (doesn't prevent slow deflation over time
> filling in the tubes with something expandable, like spray-in insulation
> or
> something. 
> 
> 
> any other thoughts?
> any leads on solid tires for cheap (green tyres are $30 each...yikes!)
> any suggestions for something to fill wheels in with, like insulation?
> (adam, what did you use when you did that experiment a few years back?)
> 
> this list could be announcements, or it could be a dialog. so if you
> want to
> respond to me directly, ok. if you want to post here, ok too. again,
> sorry
> about all the spam. about 3/4 gets filtered, but the rest goes through.
> 
> -aaron
> 
> 
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