Wheels and wheeling; an indispensable handbook for cyclists, with over two hundred illustrations . hat is necessary is to plug the hole with a smallpiece of pure rubber dipped in naphtha. If the plugis tied in its place by a tape passing around the rim,the tire may be reinflated and ridden at once. Fiveminutes is ample to accomplish the repair, and thetape may be removed as soon as the naphtha has evap-orated. We have no loose air chamber to contendwith, and all tires that depend on this are faulty, asthe inner tube is certain to cut and chafe. In ourtire strips of rubber are placed on the edg
Wheels and wheeling; an indispensable handbook for cyclists, with over two hundred illustrations . hat is necessary is to plug the hole with a smallpiece of pure rubber dipped in naphtha. If the plugis tied in its place by a tape passing around the rim,the tire may be reinflated and ridden at once. Fiveminutes is ample to accomplish the repair, and thetape may be removed as soon as the naphtha has evap-orated. We have no loose air chamber to contendwith, and all tires that depend on this are faulty, asthe inner tube is certain to cut and chafe. In ourtire strips of rubber are placed on the edges of the 28o WHEELS AND WHEELING. rim ; this effectually preventing any cutting, and atthe same time keeping the air well under the weightjust where it is wanted to give the best result. Weuse a side inflating valve of entirely new designwhich can be inflated at will. All sizes of tires aremade from \\ inch (to suit cushion rims) usual pneumatic rims, both hollow and solid,are suitable for our tire, and it can be fitted to anymachine. The G. and J. inflated cushion tire is composed. GORMULLY & JEFFERY INFLATED CUSHION TlRE. of an outer thick rubber tube, a canvas tube, and aninner thin coating of rubber. The air tube and cap PNEUMATIC AND CUSHION TIRES. 281 used are the same as those in their pneumatic, andwill be found described under that head. It is said that in the G. and J. pneumatic tire there are no rags to be unwrapped, resewn, or re-glued ; no needle or thread or pastepot is needed ;the case can be removed, the puncture patched, the
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