Zip on tyre tread

[steve_sordy]

How about zip on tyre tread?

Ride to work on your smooth skinnies then take the long way home on grippy knobblies.

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[Nicho]

Ride to work on your smooth skinnies then take the long way home on grippy knobblies

Is this some sort of euphemism?

Those zip-on tyres must weigh much more than normal ones, and I bet the zips wouldn't last very lon on off-road surfaces.

 

[Pyr0]

I'm guessing they weren't very successful as we haven't heard more about them.

Revolights who were also shown in the video went out of business a couple of years ago .

 

[steve_sordy]

For the avoidance of doubt, I was not recommending them, just bringing them to everyone's attention.

 

[urastus]

Sam Pilgrim has already done this

 

[urastus]

It is amazing that some people are capable of thinking outside the box but with no real world experience, at all. And that their ideas actually make it this far.

The lights were smart, and the three wheeler. I really think that style of 3 wheeler will make it possible for people who can't normally ride due to strength, balance etc. And they have the best physics of car and bike in one.

 

[steve_sordy]

It is amazing that some people are capable of thinking outside the box but with no real world experience, at all. And that their ideas actually make it this far.
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I agree with where you are coming from, but our world would be worse without these people. They can give us all a good laugh, but we need these people. What we need is a good mix of creative and practical types to make the crazy ideas work in the real world. I'm pretty crap at thinking outside the box, but give me an idea and I can develop it to the max. One of my mates can't even hang up a picture without the emergency plumber having to call and the electricity board having to be informed! (His wife later gave away his electric drill). But he never forgets a face or the name and "story" that goes with it. He is one of the most charming and "at ease" people I have ever met. I have seen him make friends with a bunch of "Hells Angels" types and also chat animatedly with a bishop.