Abstract
The deformation of a loaded bike tire has been analyzed with a model consisting of a toroid of thin inextensible walls mounted on a central rim. If the tire radius is much smaller than the rim radius, the deflection, d, of the tire can be calculated as a function of the applied load, F. The solution can be approximated by a power law dependence F∝d3/2 for small loads. The theoretical predictions compare well with the experiments carried out on two bicycle tires.
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