On This Day May 18

In 1887 Scottish vet John Dunlop came up with pneumatic tires to stop his son getting headaches from riding his bumpy tricycle. On May 18, 1889 a cyclist using the 'Dunlop Pneumatic Tyres' won a race in Belfast and the pneumatic cycle tire was on its way. Dunlop's development of the pneumatic tire arrived at a crucial time in the development of road transport. Commercial production began in late 1890 in Belfast.

Dunlop's first pneumatic bicycle tyre National Museum of Scotland. By Geni 

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