The Puncture Fiend-- Foiled! (Atlas Tyres, 1900s)

[booksandcheeses.livejournal.com]

Pops huge.

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[noluck-boston.livejournal.com]

Lovely.

[angstzeit.livejournal.com]

Increvable!

[luke-russell.livejournal.com]

I hate the puncture fiend.

[write-light.livejournal.com]

This is what happens to puncture fiends. (see icon)

[quercus.livejournal.com]

Were the roads of 100 years ago really more strewn with broken glass and lost nails than today?

[zorinlynx.livejournal.com]

Nope. However, modern tires have a steel belt in them that stops most stuff from getting through and puncturing the tire.

Back then tires didn't have that, so even a small piece of glass meant you had a flat.

[furnacechant.livejournal.com]

Yep. Plus they were often made with white rubber, which happens to be softer and weaker. It took a little while before someone noticed that black tires lasted longer because the carbon used to color it strengthened the rubber.

[bradygirl_12]

What a dastardly fiend!

[mackinzie.livejournal.com]

Why is Elvish Abe Lincoln wearing a devil costume?

And why is that guy even remotely happy he's doing it, even if his tires are 'puncture proof?'

[willowind76.livejournal.com]

he's high as f**k, that's why