Kubonakala sengathi Bridgestone inyakazisa ama-biceps ayo Nexo ngokwakha amathayi ebhayisikili angenawo umoya angeke aphantshwe, ngisho noma ebhobokile. Ngokungafani namathayi avamile aneshubhu elingaphakathi eligcwaliswe umoya ukuze kugcinwe ukuqina, amasondo e-Bridgestone "Awungenamoya Wokucabanga" afaka izipoki zenhlaka ye-thermoplastic ukuze alondoloze isimo futhi asekele isisindo.
Amathayi anwetshiwe azungeza umugqa wangaphakathi futhi enziwe ngokuphelele ngezinto ezigaywe kabusha, enikeza uthando lwe-'lil bit o' kuMama Womhlaba. Umqondo wawugxile emcabangweni wokuphepha kwabagibeli ngokususa isidingo sokusuka ehlombe lomgwaqo ukuze ushintshe iflethi kanye nokunciphisa i-CO.2 ukukhishwa okuvela kumaphampu omoya aphathwayo.
Nakuba i-Bridgestone ingasho ukuthi amathayi enziwa kanjani, ukuqagela kwami ukuthi basebenzisa inqubo efana ne-Nexo eqashwe kusetshenziswa ama-resin pellets (aphinde agaywe kabusha), afudunyezwa futhi afakwe umjovo ukuze abe nesimo esifiselekayo. Akukona nje kuphela ukuthi inqubo ishesha kunokukhiqiza isondo elivamile (cishe imizuzu engama-30), ibiza kakhulu ngenzuzo eyengeziwe yokuba ne-eco-friendly.
I-Bridgestone iqhamuke ne-Air-Free Concept emuva ngo-2011 ngesikhathi sesigaba sabo sobuciko 'samuva kwesimanje' futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi baye babheka ukubukeza nokulungisa umzamo wabo ongenawo umoya ukuze "banike amandla iziphakamiso zamabhayisikili esizukulwane esilandelayo ezingakaze zibonwe ngaphambili." Isimangalo esinesibindi ngokuqinisekile kodwa inkampani ithi amathayi abo e-Air-Free Concept azotholakala ngo-2019, ngesikhathi esifanele sama-Olimpiki e-Tokyo ngo-2020.
Kuzokuthakazelisa ukubona kahle ukuthi la mathayi angenzani, nokho uma sibheka ukukhishwa kwezithombe, awabukeki sengathi angakwazi ukubhekana nengcindezi nobunzima bokuhamba ngebhayisikili ezintabeni futhi i-BMX isiphumile. Cishe zihloselwe kakhulu uhambo lwangaphakathi lwedolobha, okujabulisa ngokwalo kodwa isikhathi kuphela esizosho ukuthi yini abakwazi ukuyiphatha.
