Cycling in Sydney Australia
The Most Puncture Proof "Tyre" Ever
I believe it qualifies as an interpretation of the pneumatic tyre rather than a rim or solid tyre given the effort to imitate the action of a tire in absorbing and conforming to the road surface. The actual outer surface was bound to leather. Would love to see the inertial forces these had! Germany, 1915 from Farren Collection.
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Comment by PeterT on May 24, 2012 at 12:58pm -
Was this built for the military ?
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Comment by Omar - Go! Alliance on May 24, 2012 at 1:39pm -
Yes, the Germans were unable to get any rubber during the War for tyres and apparently had to improvise... you would guess these guys were amazingly fit!
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Comment by Paul Martin on May 24, 2012 at 1:45pm -
I have photos of similar bike wheels from a Dutch bicycle museum which pre-date these wheels by many decades. From my understanding this type of wheel was followed by the solid rubber tyre and then the pneumatic tyre... and the rest is history.
The Germans were probably just going back to this historical wheel out of necessity in this case.
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Comment by Snowy_5 on May 24, 2012 at 1:52pm -
Use that bike for Tour de Force.Might take longer to finish. :)
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Comment by PeterT on May 24, 2012 at 3:40pm
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Is is me or is one of the spokes bent ?
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Comment by Snowy_5 on May 24, 2012 at 3:58pm
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Yes,you are right,PeterT.You`ve got a good eye to find it. :)
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Comment by Omar - Go! Alliance on May 24, 2012 at 5:52pm
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Not such a soft "tyre" after all? Or shrapnel damage? :0
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Comment by Paul Martin on May 24, 2012 at 6:09pm
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It's interesting because it appears to have quite modern looking rims & spokes. I can't imagine it would be much fun on bitumen!
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