Wheels and wheeling; an indispensable handbook for cyclists, with over two hundred illustrations . to rest against, when compressed asin riding. The outer portion of rubber must be made hardand refractory to take the wear, and separate from theinner more delicate rubber, and when cemented PNEUMATIC AND CUSHION TIRES. 3°5 properly in the felloe or rim of the wheel, the soft vir-gin rubber is almost hermetically sealed by the outerhard shell from the elements. The advantages ofmaking a tire thus are both great and obvious. Theproportion of the hard and soft rubber being properlydistributed toget
Wheels and wheeling; an indispensable handbook for cyclists, with over two hundred illustrations . to rest against, when compressed asin riding. The outer portion of rubber must be made hardand refractory to take the wear, and separate from theinner more delicate rubber, and when cemented PNEUMATIC AND CUSHION TIRES. 3°5 properly in the felloe or rim of the wheel, the soft vir-gin rubber is almost hermetically sealed by the outerhard shell from the elements. The advantages ofmaking a tire thus are both great and obvious. Theproportion of the hard and soft rubber being properlydistributed together with an inner air space betweenthe same will afford ease and comfort in riding, andin case of wear or damage the outer coat or coveringcan be removed and a new one substituted at a much. Owen Original Cushion Tire. less cost than in any other tire now used ; as the innerrubber, owing to its not being exposed to the elementsand wear, and owing to its pure qualities, will outlastseveral outer coverings, thereby effecting a saving tothe owner, besides making, when ridden, the most per-fect tire of the cushion type. Inasmuch as the rubberis so separated into distinctive working parts, thequality of the one makes the quality of the other muchmore efficient and useful, and admits of the inner to 306 WHEELS AND WHEELING. be of any desired shape for either the hollow or thesolid rim. The inner section, JB, or core, may also be anydegree of elasticity of rubber and of any size, even sothat if it fills the air chamber entirely, when the outerjacket or shell is cemented in place in the rim, as longas they are molded separately and put together whenneeded. In this case the outer shell may be moldedlike any hose pipe or present common cushion tire,but cut at the bottom longitudina
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