![The pneumatic bicycle, the invention of rubber tires by the Englishman John Boyd Dunlop dates back to 1888. The pneumatic bicycle, the invention of rubber tires by the Englishman John Boyd Dunlop dates back to 1888.](https://www.meisterdrucke.ie/kunstwerke/1260px/Unknown_Artist_-_The_pneumatic_bicycle_the_invention_of_rubber_tires_by_the_Englishman_John_Boyd_-_%28MeisterDrucke-949617%29.jpg)
The pneumatic bicycle, the invention of rubber tires by the Englishman John Boyd Dunlop dates back to 1888.
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![Scottish John Boyd Dunlop, inventor of the first vehicle wheel tyre, whose patent William Harvey Du Cros bought in 1888 to found a tyre factory. Portrait circa 1900 Stock Photo - Alamy Scottish John Boyd Dunlop, inventor of the first vehicle wheel tyre, whose patent William Harvey Du Cros bought in 1888 to found a tyre factory. Portrait circa 1900 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/TXG3YH/scottish-john-boyd-dunlop-inventor-of-the-first-vehicle-wheel-tyre-whose-patent-william-harvey-du-cros-bought-in-1888-to-found-a-tyre-factory-portrait-circa-1900-TXG3YH.jpg)
Scottish John Boyd Dunlop, inventor of the first vehicle wheel tyre, whose patent William Harvey Du Cros bought in 1888 to found a tyre factory. Portrait circa 1900 Stock Photo - Alamy
![Scottish inventor John Boyd Dunlop testing a bicycle equipped with his tyres. 1888 Stock Photo - Alamy Scottish inventor John Boyd Dunlop testing a bicycle equipped with his tyres. 1888 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/txg413/scottish-inventor-john-boyd-dunlop-testing-a-bicycle-equipped-with-his-tyres-1888-txg413.jpg)
Scottish inventor John Boyd Dunlop testing a bicycle equipped with his tyres. 1888 Stock Photo - Alamy
![Just A Car Guy: the pneumatic tire was patented by Scottish inventor, Robert Thomson on 10 December 1845, some 43 years before John Dunlop Just A Car Guy: the pneumatic tire was patented by Scottish inventor, Robert Thomson on 10 December 1845, some 43 years before John Dunlop](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8K2yDX9s69k7OF3Fwr9OGnYlrWAqyJWW7DUNFkpww_v_1iLdCU1NDKsX4NS0vr3n1Tw_ZUEJEvg0ws5WboE2jcXbqhe_NRuMq4IbF0OS4HhAu87m29yzXOyMEuwPl7awdHDDu9w/s640/tumblr_a82c744337d18d7f2a7ad6021ebf614b_3add8034_400.jpg)
Just A Car Guy: the pneumatic tire was patented by Scottish inventor, Robert Thomson on 10 December 1845, some 43 years before John Dunlop
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![John Boyd Dunlop (5 February 1840 – 23 October 1921) - Scottish inventor who developed the first practical pneumatic or Stock Photo - Alamy John Boyd Dunlop (5 February 1840 – 23 October 1921) - Scottish inventor who developed the first practical pneumatic or Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/ERGAWT/john-boyd-dunlop-5-february-1840-23-october-1921-scottish-inventor-ERGAWT.jpg)
John Boyd Dunlop (5 February 1840 – 23 October 1921) - Scottish inventor who developed the first practical pneumatic or Stock Photo - Alamy
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