You Can't Buy Airless MTB Tires—So I Made Them!

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  @SethsBikeHacks · 2 months ago (edited) · pinned

  EDIT: A lot of you have brought up the controversy around Bambu Lab, and specifically their dispute with an open source developer.<br><br>Before this video, I knew there was some noise around Bambu, but I had written it off as the normal complaints about logins and clouds. I didn&apos;t know the whole story, and I should have dug deeper before taking a sponsor. This weekend I did the reading, and I&apos;m not going to litigate it in a pinned comment — the facts are public and you can come to your own conclusions.<br><br>Where I actually stand: I like open source, but I&apos;m no activist — I&apos;m typing this on an iPhone. My bar for sponsors has always been simple. It has to be something I use, something I&apos;d recommend to a friend, and never a bike company, so I stay impartial about the thing I care about most. The H2D passed that test honestly. I&apos;d been printing on it almost every day for a year before there was ever a deal, and everything in this video is real. But &quot;I use it and love it&quot; clearly isn&apos;t a high enough bar on its own. Furthermore, this homework would have taken me about ten minutes, and being busy isn&apos;t an excuse when I&apos;m actually making a deal with someone. I need to be rigorous, period. Thanks for keeping me honest — especially those of you who made your case with facts and respect.

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  @kylevandeusen · 2 months ago

  I love how this channel went from &quot;let me show you how to bunny hop&quot; to &quot;let me show you how I designed and 3d-printed my own airless tires to see if the technology puts my valve company at risk&quot;. Glow up!

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  @themixedbrickuniverse · 2 months ago

  Clik never saw it coming. 😂

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  @coffeesocket2607 · 1 month ago

  Huge shout out to the people that ask if you need any help. It&apos;s a simple question, but everyone that asks it has committed to your wellbeing, which can be a hefty undertaking in some situations.

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  @righteousbob272 · 2 months ago

  Haha I wanna see more of the interaction with that man. he rides up, &quot;okayyy&quot;

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  @rfwillett2424 · 2 months ago

  That &quot;Okayyyyy&quot; cracked me up.

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  @JUMBOs-RC · 1 month ago

  Tires are tuned with air to conform to terrain and ride preference

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  @shadetree1175 · 1 month ago

  Being able to quickly fix a section of a tire without removing the wheel from the bike is a cool selling point for airless tires. I like where you’re going with this.

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  @Twig006 · 2 months ago

  Great comedic timing on the &quot;just fixing a section of my airless tire&quot; lol

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  @Altis_play · 1 month ago

  It’s crazy to see how slowly tire technology is evolving. Thanks for your help throughout this process!

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  @Todd66 · 2 months ago

  The airless tire would be a great thing for us casual riders who do not want to maintain a tubeless system, do not ride regularly, and do not want to ride with pumps, patch kits and gauges. The weight is not a thing when everything else is considered. <br>The idea of being able to pull the bike out and never dealing with pumps and gauges is dreamy. <br>Would they dry rot? <br>Could the tires be tuned to change the sound maybe?!<br>I love this concept and I think the benefits are underestimated and overlooked.<br>As always, Great video Seth.

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  @Jenny-n6j1f · 2 months ago

  We are all used to pneumatics tyres nowadays, so take them for granted. However pneumatics tyres are insanely efficient in so many ways. Rolling resistance, vibration dampening, cost, etc. It&apos;s because they are just so good that it&apos;s hard to make a comparable airless product.

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