02/12/2021
WE HAVE ANDRE MICHELIN TO THANK FOR MODERN RIMS.
Andre Michelin, one of the co-founders of Michelin, was working with his brother Édouard in their rubber factory one day when a cyclist with a damaged tire happened to wander in. Andre and his brother worked to repair the tire, which was glued to the rim, but found they had little luck. So they set out to build something better and designed the removable pneumatic tire in 1891. Just a few years later in 1895, the removable pneumatic tire was combined with a spoked wheel and placed on a car for the first time - and the rest was history.