Thread: Can We Use a Bicycle Tire and Rim?
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Re: Can We Use a Bicycle Tire and Rim?
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Originally Posted by Eric Scheuing
If the bot is ~120lbs with ~15lbs of bumpers, I doubt bike tire spokes will be able to support it.
Well, if they did decide to use it, I'm sure it would hold up fine. A bike weighs fifteen pounds, the average weight rating on a cheap bike is 180 lbs. Seems alright to me. Actually, there was a team who did use bike tires one year. Sorry, don't have the pic.
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