Modern drivers take it for granted that a puncture usually means a slow leak and a quick plug, not a violent blowout at highway speed. That calm stability is the product of a quiet revolution in tire ...

When a puncture wrecked one of his best tubes, Engineer John McGay decided it was time to try his pet idea—eliminate the tube and use the inflated casing alone. He told his repairman just how he ...

When we hear the word inner tube, most of us think of hot childhood days spent by the community pool or a lazy day meandering down a river on the Fourth of July. It doesn't bring to mind the tires on ...

The wooden and metal wheels of 19th-century horse-drawn carriages started to evolve when American chemist Charles Goodyear created vulcanization, a process that made rubber stronger and more elastic.