tires
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Bridgestone’s Airless Tyres Will Soon Let Cyclists Abandon Their Bike Pumps
First revealed way back in 2011, Bridgestone’s airless tyres use a series of rigid plastic resin spokes to help a wheel keep its shape as it rolls, instead of an inflatable inner tube that can puncture and leak. Military vehicles and ATVs have been some of the first vehicles to adopt the unorthodox design, but…
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How To Turn Your Economy Car Into An Off-Road Adventuremobile For Cheap
Everyone wants a truck, van or jeep for off-road adventures. But, us city types can’t afford to own or drive one every day. Don’t worry, the crappy car your mum bought you in college will do just fine, you’ll just have to use a little redneck ingenuity.
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Adventure Review: How I Turned My Subaru Outback Into A Real Adventuremobile
Shopping for a truck to take off-road, I ended up buying a Subaru Outback, then modifying it to meet my need for dirt. 14,000km in, how’s it holding up? Pretty damn well, actually.
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Here’s How The Wheels Of The Supersonic Car Are Made
When you’re trying to build the fastest car in human history, like the guys making the Bloodhound SSC, you have to make wheels that basically re-invent the wheel. To reach 1000mph and go supersonic, the wheels they’re using weigh over 230 pounds, nearly 3 feet wide and spin four times faster than a F1 car.