Michelin patents the removable pneumatic bicycle tire (1891)

In 1891 Michelin took out its first patent for a removable pneumatic tyre. The firm had been established two years earlier when brothers Édouard and André Michelin took over the Barbier Daubrée farm implement business in Clermont-Ferrand, France. The patented tyre was used by Charles Terront to win the 1891 Paris–Brest–Paris, the world's first long-distance cycle race.

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Background. In 1889, brothers Édouard and André Michelin took over the struggling farm implement business Barbier Daubrée in Clermont-Ferrand, France. The company was renamed Michelin in May 1889. The brothers developed a removable pneumatic tire, a key innovation in tire history, which they patented in 1891.

Patent. In 1891 Michelin took out its first patent for a removable pneumatic tyre. The tyre was subsequently used by Charles Terront, who won the world's first long-distance cycle race, the 1891 Paris–Brest–Paris.

Impact. The patented removable pneumatic tyre was used by Charles Terront to win the 1891 Paris–Brest–Paris, which the cited source describes as the world's first long-distance cycle race. This race result is the documented practical use of the tyre within the scope of this event.

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