The Wheel and cycling trade review . pableof containing and holding compressed air,thus dispensing with the necessity of an airtube. The earliest Clincher patent was for asolid tire, and this was later developed intoa cushion, in which a single band of rubberwas bent into the rim and held in by theforce of its own lateral expansion. Thisdeviation in conjunction with the laterClincher patent, on which the Gormully &Jeffery case was decided, is held by theDunlop people to entirely invalidate the fix-ing embodied in the Fleuss tire, and I mustadmit that this my own opinion. At the same time I sho
The Wheel and cycling trade review . pableof containing and holding compressed air,thus dispensing with the necessity of an airtube. The earliest Clincher patent was for asolid tire, and this was later developed intoa cushion, in which a single band of rubberwas bent into the rim and held in by theforce of its own lateral expansion. Thisdeviation in conjunction with the laterClincher patent, on which the Gormully &Jeffery case was decided, is held by theDunlop people to entirely invalidate the fix-ing embodied in the Fleuss tire, and I mustadmit that this my own opinion. At the same time I should be sorry to seeanything occur which would delay what Ihonestly consider is to be the tire of the fut-ure. Those of the American makers who haveseen the tire have been much impressed withits merits, and quite a number are havingsample pairs sent across to their factories forexperimental tests, with a view to its adoptionon their wheels. Of course, imitations are cropping up. One, Ibelieve, has been purchased, or is to be pur-. V. E. BAILEY, Of the Crosby & Mayer Co., Buffalo, who will sail forEurope October 7th, to introduce American cycle fittingsin foreign lands. chased, by the astute M. D. Rucker. It is onein Which two flaps fall across the bed of therim inside the cover, one from either flaps meet and turn upward, the pointsof contact being fined away until a knife-edgejoint is effected. It is said to hold air per-fectly, but will very probably not be put intouse until the result of the Dunlop-Fleuss ac-tion is decided. One hundred thousand dollarsis said to be the price, and looks a fair one ona gamble pure and simple, as it is of little usewithout a method of fixing to a rim. If it is true, as I believe it is, that thePalmer Shipbuilding Co., of Jarrow, near New-castle, intend branching out into the cyclebusiness, competition will be keen up in thenortheast corner of England. Up to the pres-ent only two cycle-building firms have beenlocated there—the Elswi
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