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dylan604 on March 18, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Smart METL airless metal bike tires use a “shape m...

How do you "replace single piece of rubber"? I've either had to replace a tube, or replace the tire itself. How is this different?

FpUser on March 18, 2021 [–]

Yes on a regular bike you replace cheap (sometimes not) tire. With this contraption they put tire / protective layer on top of their metal wonder. Problem is that this protective layer will wear in no time and then you will have to replace the whole metal piece which is expensive proposition.

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