World-First 3D Printed Airless Bicycle Tire

By admin | January 30, 2023 |

World-First 3D Printed Airless Bicycle Tire

BigRep’s new flexible filament means you can print industrial objects that bend to your will.
We printed the world’s first 3D printed airless bicycle tire using BigRep TPU filament, and took it for a spin in Berlin.

Find out how we made a 3D printed airless motorcycle tire for the full 3D printed NERA eMotorcycle: http://bit.ly/2Zk16tZ

Discover the BigRep filaments that made it possible: https://bit.ly/2KjxPeT

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Filmmaker:
Itai Vinograd
https://www.linkedin.com/in/itai-vinograd-2a89a3119/

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Posted in Tires

35 Comments

  1. Braindegeek on January 30, 2023 at 4:04 am

    Very great concept !



  2. Alan John on January 30, 2023 at 4:05 am

    I’m gonna need a bigger printer



  3. KevinTerraria on January 30, 2023 at 4:08 am

    Me encantó esa rueda



  4. Alf Hookem on January 30, 2023 at 4:09 am

    At least make it in interlocking pieces so I don’t have to take the damn wheel off to change tyres



  5. Angel Mauricio Zepeda Bajonero on January 30, 2023 at 4:09 am

    so… what about grip? and about cornering… i dont think i can corner with this bike with cofidence of leaning ? (not even say about it on a descent at high speed), also, how much kms beforre the "thread" wears??? another one, to how many PSI does the rigidity of this wheel is equivalent?



  6. Jonas on January 30, 2023 at 4:10 am

    I want one.



  7. SMATMANA on January 30, 2023 at 4:10 am

    try speed 30 km/h, 50 km/h …it is ussles ..



  8. casainho on January 30, 2023 at 4:11 am

    GREAT!! Bicycles are booming so this can be of a great relevance!!



  9. Pieter Scholtz on January 30, 2023 at 4:13 am

    Where can I get the .stl for this ?



  10. Fuelemuele on January 30, 2023 at 4:15 am

    what is in corners?



  11. Zeev on January 30, 2023 at 4:15 am

    this solution, combined with in wheel suspension patented by loop-wheel, combined with an electric geared hub motor will provide you a low maintenance electric bicycle wheel.



  12. lobezno8 on January 30, 2023 at 4:17 am

    Algo que sirve para ahorrar a los ciudadanos en bicicletas, coches y motos? qué poco va a durar…



  13. Ratkill on January 30, 2023 at 4:17 am

    I’m guessing this is intended for low speeds with while perfectly perpendicular to the ground? Turning with any speed is typically done at a lean and i feel like that would fold the tire. Traditional tires and even traditional airless will have more or less even pressure from bead to wall to tread. I wonder if anyone on the dev team has any involvement in any competitive or even recreational cycling communities.



  14. KoalaRoo on January 30, 2023 at 4:19 am

    When will these be available to buy?



  15. Abdellah B on January 30, 2023 at 4:21 am

    There are already available in china (nedong tires)



  16. Max Claymore on January 30, 2023 at 4:22 am

    I would like to know what the durability regarding how long they last or its wear-time in distance. Can you change the hardness to be best in rolling resistance for your personal weight…?



  17. Kenzie -.- on January 30, 2023 at 4:29 am

    Production wise… it might take two spools a tire? So at least $200 a piece? Plus electricity. Maybe. One set an hour? Which still isn’t bad for an emerging market. If consumers actually worried about waste. Reminds me of Allbirds. Well. Concept more than materials. Unless TPU can be post consumer then, you hit all the conscious consumers. I don’t know. It’s a neat idea. If your machines weren’t $50,000 I’d try it. Haha.



  18. Amr on January 30, 2023 at 4:30 am

    мэдисон в конце засветился на велике



  19. Marcel B. on January 30, 2023 at 4:32 am

    The question is: Is the material biodegradable? Is it harmful to the nature? Because the micro-plastic emissions from the car tires are a big problem because it get´s in the rivers and in the oceans.



  20. Ayoze K on January 30, 2023 at 4:32 am

    unidirectional carbon fiber reinforced TPU anyone?
    adding a tension belt made with a pultrusion of recycled rubber and fiber??



  21. Muhammad Awais on January 30, 2023 at 4:36 am

    Lol, put this on a bmx bike and watch this get destroyed at the skatepark



  22. Seid Delic on January 30, 2023 at 4:37 am

    I love how people don’t have the tiniest clue about 3d printing but put things here like most comments are, not smart, you can print any pattern you design with tpu so you don’t have to have concerns about grip or other things.



  23. Jcmfm Ncjjc on January 30, 2023 at 4:38 am

    i think this tire too hard for aggresive driving and crosscountry,But it is real progress and in near future all bikes will be equipped with similar tires.



  24. Kevin van Aalst on January 30, 2023 at 4:38 am

    Nice tire, nice bike! I have the same, what brand is the front rack that you have?



  25. Cameron on January 30, 2023 at 4:38 am

    should print it with some grippy push rims on the side for wheelchair users



  26. hasalak on January 30, 2023 at 4:41 am

    Well… I think these tires will be a fantastic option in wheelchairs



  27. bertkrawl on January 30, 2023 at 4:41 am

    Cool Tire!
    Someone forgot to buy the background track… still has the audio ‘watermark’



  28. BoostOrDie on January 30, 2023 at 4:44 am

    Good but why you didnt make it slick and not with grip pattern?



  29. Individual One on January 30, 2023 at 4:45 am

    OMG.. it took us how many years to figure this out?



  30. Giffy on January 30, 2023 at 4:47 am

    I would like to pilot this please 🙂



  31. James Greene on January 30, 2023 at 4:52 am

    Seems like the holes in the tire would be problematic for cleanliness if you do much riding in non-urban settings (e.g. sand/dirt/rocks on trails).



  32. GeeYOL on January 30, 2023 at 4:54 am

    can you print such tire for MTB downhill?



  33. The Gorey Details on January 30, 2023 at 4:58 am

    fucking used a song with the "audio jungle" watermark in it. hahaha



  34. cl3m3n7 on January 30, 2023 at 4:59 am

    And … where can I get one ?
    Please 😀



  35. shiva1008 on January 30, 2023 at 5:00 am

    nice gadget…needs some work to make them really functional me thinks