"Wireless" wedge tire-rim interface. That is this type called in American English?

[dnc1]

Rubena model name Mistral product number 5-12950408. Officially only in black but it seems classic-cycle.de also have them in beige, red and brown.

Yes, I know, the classic-cycle.de shop is very good and very efficient at fast shipping to the UK.

 

[gkeep]

Hello,

Here is a thread devoted to these early clincher rims.

Official G & J Clincher Rims Thread | Antique Bicycles Pre-1933

This thread is intended to discuss the three types of clincher rims Gormully & Jeffery (G & J) offered. A goal is to determine when certain rim types (wood, wood with steel inserts, and all metal) were first introduced and how long their individual production continued. Please feel free to...

thecabe.com

A number of us on the pacific coast have had good experiences ordering these tires from Adam at Pecobike in Slovakia. For both British Columbia and California the shipping cost was much less than ordering from the UK or France. For me in the San Francisco are they arrived 7 days after Adam shipped them. https://www.pecobikes.sk/

Here's the brown Rubena's I have on my 1916 Pierce. https://www.pecobikes.com/plast-rubena-falcak-28x1-1-2-40-635-hnedy.html

 

[Kopp's Cycle]

In the 70s at Kopp’s in Princeton, Dick Swann would always give the customers a little bit of a hard time when they came in and asked for clinchers (that is what we called what you pictured here in your question).
He would raise an eyebrow and ask if that’s what they really wanted, and then ask did you mean wire bead?

 

[Oken]

In the 70s at Kopp’s in Princeton, Dick Swann would always give the customers a little bit of a hard time when they came in and asked for clinchers (that is what we called what you pictured here in your question).
He would raise an eyebrow and ask if that’s what they really wanted, and then ask did you mean wire bead?

Thank you @Kopp's Cycle for the story. So historically these were the original clinchers (before the terminology drifted at bit) as opposed to the wire bead type, that then later effectively also took on the name clinchers.

BTW, I apologize for my typo in the thread's title which I only now noticed: "...That is this type called..." should of course have been "...What is this type called...".

 

[whistlestop]

Soooo, does anyone have good tips on how to install those types of tires? I have a pair here that is driving me nuts. Size- if it matters- is 26x1-1/2". There is a big ol' flap of rubber below the bead- does that get trimmed off?