Kevin Ancell park riding a purple-flaked
balloon tire.
The low-pressure
balloon tire pioneered by Firestone in 1922 nearly doubled tire life from 8,000 to 15,000 miles.
Fat bikes are mountain bikes with huge
balloon tires, usually about 4 inches wide, twice the size of a normal mountain bike tire.
Suspension: tire suspension through special
balloon tiresLarger units would be towed by a tractor with oversized
balloon tires.
The CMC recommended that the decision to ban the use and import of
balloon tires should be reviewed until suitable alternatives are adopted.
Beginning with Harroun's rearview mirror and continuing through
balloon tires, front-wheel drive racers, and the gas turbine engine that almost won the race in 1967, Indianapolis has always fostered innovation.
With its
balloon tires, it was able to negotiate the most rugged roads and terrain.
Henry Ford refused to recognize that his beloved T was long past its "use by" date, although, at the prodding of company officials and his son, Edsel, he did agree to offer wire wheels and
balloon tires, as well as different body colors.
Of course, my chair had features such as
balloon tires and removable armrests--not typical of standard, hospital-style chairs.
Answering a challenge from Grant Peterson, owner of Rivendell Bicycles in California and publisher of the Rivendell Reader newsletter, Co-Motion has been working for the past year to design a high-performing bike for cyclists whose weight has limited them to heavy-duty single-speeds with
balloon tires and coaster brakes.
The coffee table in Al Glass's Siesta Key house is a marble disk on industrial
balloon tires.
