Up to the eyeballs in multiple projects and dog tired when this was put under me nose.

 

1. Says 1888 for the first tire with inner-tube. I kinda had the impression that it was about then - just before the turn of the 20th century. Good & quick surfin’, OCM!

   Posted by ooGcM taobmaetS       01/15/2010  at  11:57 AM  



2. Beat me to it. Only took a few seconds. I was just going to post results:

   1844 - invention of vulcanized rubber by Charles Goodyear
   1845/6 - pneumatic tire patented
   1887/8 - first pneumatic tire by John Dunlop
   1903 - tubeless tire patented
   1908 - tires with tread
   1911 - first successful tire with an inner tube
   1946 - radial tires introduced

   American inventor EJ Pennington built a working motorcycle in 1895, more of a moped really, although it had a 2 cylinder engine and could hit 40mph, and had it patented by 1896. Nobody would finance him, so he went to England and sold the design to Harry Lawson. His company eventually became BSA.

   Early motor vehicles used solid rubber tires. They road like hell, but they never went flat.

   Posted by Drew458       01/15/2010  at  12:01 PM  



3. See? It always takes me longer to post stuff because I run down a whole bunch of links. I’m just a knowledge junkie I guess. Like the elephant’s child, I has ‘satiable curiosities.

   Posted by Drew458       01/15/2010  at  12:03 PM  



4. One really need only look at the picture.

   Both wheels have valve-stems in them - the rear wheel has a cutout for it.

   Tires are rotted mostly away, but the valve stems remain.

   Who needs google when you’ve got EYES??

   Posted by Dedicated_dad       01/15/2010  at  09:16 PM  



5. Sucker for the obvious trained eye eh DD.Nice catch.

   Posted by Rich K       01/16/2010  at  12:29 AM  



6. DD ... no kidding man. I looked and looked when I saw that photo, first in the paper hard copy and then on line. I kinda thought there were once tires but the stems? I never saw that.
   Hey, you aren’t an Army sniper by any chance, are ya?

   Posted by peiper       01/16/2010  at  04:23 AM  

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