Kickstarter - Bike tires made from NASA’s bizarre shape-shifting metal are now available to buy

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A Kickstarter page was put online last month with the aim of raising money to market Nitinol tires. This alloy, developed by NASA for use on the moon or Mars, remembers its shape.
This provides many of the same qualities as inflated rubber tires, with the advantage that tires can withstand much harder impacts - or even punctures.
After all, no pressurized gas is needed to maintain the shape.

The company behind the Kickstarter, The Smart Tire Company, promises that the tires should last a lifetime and will therefore never get a puncture.
The tires offered through the Kickstarter are considerably more expensive than regular tires. Tires for an e-scooter cost around $150, which is still fairly close to a normal price.
However, you have to pay $500 for the bicycle tires, which is a more substantial investment.
There are also more expensive options that also include aluminium rims for $1,300 or carbon fiber rims for $2,300.

Since this is a crowdfunding campaign, it is of course not certain whether and when the products will be delivered,
but the company from Akron, Ohio indicates that the intention is that they should be delivered in June next year.
The company also has plans for car tires and already has working prototypes.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/smarttirecompany/space-age-bicycle-wheels-using-nasa-technology/description

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