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The TWEEL - radical new wheel technology (UPDATED)
By Mike Hanlon
The TWEEL - radical new wheel technology (UPDATED)
Image Gallery (19 images)1908 - Frank Seiberling invented grooved tires with improved road traction.
1910 - B.F. Goodrich invents longer life tires by adding carbon to the rubber.
1911 - Philip Strauss invents the first successful automobile tyre, which was a combination tyre and air filled inner tube. Strauss' company the Hardman Tyre & Rubber Company marketed the tires.
1937 - B.F. Goodrich invents the first synthetic rubber tires and patents a substance called "Chemigum"
1948 - Michelin patents the radial tyre
1954 - first original equipment tubeless tyre fitted to the now defunct Packard.
How about applying a set of "gangster white walls" on these bad boys? You know, just for show.
nostarme
- October 28, 2009 @ 07:10 am PDT
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Unless they put somekind of sidewall on it, it is really ugly
Jon Shurtleff
- October 7, 2009 @ 07:10 am PDT