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2. Tire iron - Wikipedia

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   Tire irons have not been in common use for automobile tires since the shift to the use of tubeless tires in the late 1950s. Bicycle tire irons are still in use for those tires which have a separate inner tube, and can have a hooked C-shape cut into one end of the iron so that it may be hooked on a bicycle spoke to hold it in place.

3. Tubular tyre - Wikipedia

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   The inner tube is covered with white talc powder to prevent it from sticking to itself. Tubular tire rolled from rim to show glue between them. A tubular tyre, referred to as a tub in Britain, [1] a sew-up in the US, a single in Australia [citation needed], or just a tubular is a bicycle tyre that is stitched closed around the inner tube to ...

4. Bicycle tire - Wikipedia

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   A vast majority of the tire systems in use are clinchers, due to the relative simplicity of repairs and wide availability of replacement inner tubes. Most of bicycle inner tubes are torus-shaped balloons while some are not. For example, inner tubes in bicycles of the Moscow bike-sharing service are simply rubber tubes long enough to be coiled ...

5. Inner tube - Wikipedia

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   Two bicycle inner tubes: A larger mountain bike inner tube and a slimmer race bike tube. An inner tube is an inflatable torus that forms the interior of some pneumatic tires. [1] The tube is inflated through a valve stem and fits inside the tire casing. The inflated inner tube provides structural support and suspension, while the outer tire ...

6. Tire code - Wikipedia

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   TT: Tube-type, tire must be used with an inner-tube; TWI: Tread wear indicator – a device, such as a triangle or a small Michelin Man icon, located where the tread meets the sidewall, and indicating the location of the raised wear bars in the tire tread channels – TWI is also used to refer to the raised wear bars themselves.

7. Ironing - Wikipedia

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   The iron is the small appliance used to remove wrinkles from fabric. It is also known as a clothes iron, steam iron, flat iron, smoothing iron or iron box. On 15 February 1858 W. Vandenburg and J. Harvey patented an ironing table that facilitated pressing sleeves and pant legs. [6]

8. The best stocking stuffers for men, from tools to Tile Mates

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   Gerber just so happens to make a great one, a 12-in-1 tool that combines needle nose pliers, wire cutters, tweezers, a bottle opener, retail package opener, plain edge blade folding knife ...

9. Presta valve - Wikipedia

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   The Presta valve (also French valve (FV) or Sclaverand valve) is a type of tire valve commonly found on high pressure bicycle inner tubes and is commonly used on tubeless setups. It consists of an outer valve stem and an inner valve body. A lock nut to secure the stem at the wheel rim and a valve cap may also be present.