[QUOTE=Kedosto;21160941 Something along the lines of superior stretch or compliance rather than thickness or density. ...... there must be room to investigate super compliant, stretchable materials suitable for tire or tube use.
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This is being done right now. Some of us are using very light tires, sizing them wider, using much lower pressure. Latex inner tubes are stretchy, even if they do have other problems. In some ways it amounts to beta testing with consumer products. Considering that light tires with compliant casings and light tubes ride just great, it's pure gravy that they seem to flat a lot less than hard and thin. Some people will always want a bigger hammer, some will always prefer armor to compliance. Compliance works too. At this moment there are no promises that compliance will reliably and uneventfully get a commuter to work on time. It can be observed that light tires inflated soft get surprisingly few flats.