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Bike tires made from NASA’s bizarre shape-shifting metal are now available to buy (from Kickstarter) (www.theverge.com)

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This being a kickstarter makes it a non-starter for me but it looks pretty promising: Hopefully they work great and become popular.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been riding bikes for years, and I've only had to change a tube maybe 3 times. I only ride on paved surfaces though, so it's nothing like trail riding or what have you... anyway, I'm very unpractised on tube changing; particularly when trying to get the tire off of the rim. It takes maybe 30 minutes to change a tube with a lot of pinched fingers and swearing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I made the experience that tires can vary a lot in how easy/hard they are to get off and on your rim. I thought I was just dumb until I swapped tubes on another bike and it just.... worked as it was supposed to