Tire

A tire (U.S. spelling) or tyre (UK spelling) is a roughly toroidal piece of material placed on the circumference of a wheel, either for the purpose of cushioning or to protect the wheel from wear and tear.

See also

• Used tires and Waste
• Philip Strauss, treasurer of the Hardman Tyre & Rubber Company, applied an invention of his father's (Alexander Strauss) to produce a combination fabric reinforced hardened rubber tire and rubber inner tube. Patented in 1911.
• rolling friction
• Slick tire
• All-terrain tire
• Mud-terrain tire
• Whitewall tire
• Akron, Ohio
• Tweel, a similar technology to the one listed above but created by the Michelin corporation and a different design.
• DUKW "The DUKW was the first vehicle which allowed the driver to inflate and deflate the tires from inside the cab, fully inflated for hard surfaces like roads and less inflated for softer surfaces - especially beach sand."