Why don't we all have them?
Started looking into solid push bike tyres to which I found companies have developed a compound which far outlasts regular tubed tyres in terms of wear, feeling the same to the touch, weighing the same and most importantly riding the same which baffled me as to why the same evolution has not been applied to car tyres. Early car rubber tyres were solid and the main reason they then had air inside was due to the cost of rubber and softer rubbers wearing easier but surely if they have invented a compound that offsets the latter and can be made cheaply (even if they were double most tyres cost that could still be classed as cheap if they last five times the mileage and perform as well) they could essentially be used for fast road use and/or longevity.
Started looking into solid push bike tyres to which I found companies have developed a compound which far outlasts regular tubed tyres in terms of wear, feeling the same to the touch, weighing the same and most importantly riding the same which baffled me as to why the same evolution has not been applied to car tyres. Early car rubber tyres were solid and the main reason they then had air inside was due to the cost of rubber and softer rubbers wearing easier but surely if they have invented a compound that offsets the latter and can be made cheaply (even if they were double most tyres cost that could still be classed as cheap if they last five times the mileage and perform as well) they could essentially be used for fast road use and/or longevity.