High wheel/ Ordinaries Aka Penny Farthings did that over a century ago.
big wheel broke down into quadrants .. tire was never pneumatic.
But I guess the patent has lapsed to do it all over again.
As expected it was to deploy soldiers in war.
weapons makers, alway are able to do cost over- runs.
once the ink is on the contract.
Last edited by fietsbob; 05-04-12 at 04:36 PM.