Wheels and wheeling; an indispensable handbook for cyclists, with over two hundred illustrations . Maxim Stud Tire. The Michelin pneumatic tire is a French inven-tion. It is a wired tire, with a flattened rim orrather the wires, which are made of square steel, areembedded in grooves below the surface, so that none. Michelin Pneumatic Tire. of the actual tire is sunk in the rim ; the rim is alsobroad. A single air tube is formed with butted ends,one slipping into the other, to facilitate removal with- 302 WHEELS AND WHEELING. out taking out the wheel. The outer cover is canvas-backed, with a ki
Wheels and wheeling; an indispensable handbook for cyclists, with over two hundred illustrations . Maxim Stud Tire. The Michelin pneumatic tire is a French inven-tion. It is a wired tire, with a flattened rim orrather the wires, which are made of square steel, areembedded in grooves below the surface, so that none. Michelin Pneumatic Tire. of the actual tire is sunk in the rim ; the rim is alsobroad. A single air tube is formed with butted ends,one slipping into the other, to facilitate removal with- 302 WHEELS AND WHEELING. out taking out the wheel. The outer cover is canvas-backed, with a kind of flange or edge at each are fitted into deep grooves at each side of therim, and on the top of them are placed circles ofsquare wire the exact circumference of the wheel, andwith two projecting ears on both ends of each whichslip through little slits in the rim and are secured witha thumbscrew. The Mikado pneumatic tire is of light construc-tion and very simple. It has the ordinary air tube ;<9X CaxvagA
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