Wheels and wheeling; an indispensable handbook for cyclists, with over two hundred illustrations (1892)
Porter, Luther Henry · Boston, Wheelman Company · leaf 322
itpossesses greater elasticity and quicker resilience,carrying the weight of the rider without collapsingupon the rim, and is free to expand in every directionwhen on the road, instead of bulging out sidewaysonly. The studs have so much independent motionthat they readily give way to any impediment… … 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
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