re . ▁Before ▁Dun lop ' s ▁in vention , ▁b icy cle ▁ty res ▁were ▁made ▁out ▁of ▁solid ▁rub ber . ▁The ▁solid ▁rub ber ▁ty res ▁t ended ▁to ▁provide ▁little ▁tra ction ▁and ▁made ▁for ▁a ▁difficult ▁and ▁un com fort able ▁ride . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁ha pl ess ▁cycl ist ▁approached ▁the ▁Michel in ▁Company ▁for ▁assistance , ▁Éd ou ard ▁took ▁great ▁interests ▁in ▁the ▁new ▁p neum atic ▁ty res . ▁The ▁Michel ins ▁recognized ▁that ▁there ▁would ▁be ▁a ▁great ▁demand ▁for ▁p neum atic ▁ty res ▁if ▁only ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁way ▁to ▁more ▁quickly ▁make ▁rep airs . ▁They ▁reason ed ▁that ▁first ▁the ▁wheel ▁must ▁become ▁det ach able . ▁Éd ou ard ▁conducted ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁experiments ▁and ▁developed ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁pro tot ypes . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 1 , ▁he ▁was ▁granted ▁a ▁pat ent ▁for ▁a ▁det ach able ▁t ire . ▁ ▁André ▁and ▁his ▁brother ▁Éd ou ard ▁were ▁induct ed ▁into ▁the ▁Autom ot ive ▁Hall ▁of ▁Fame ▁in ▁D ear born , ▁Michigan ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁ ▁André ▁Michel in ▁at ▁the ▁Autom ot ive ▁Hall ▁of ▁Fame ▁official ▁website . ▁ ▁Category : 1 8 5 3 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 9 3 1 ▁death s ▁Category : Bus iness people ▁from ▁Paris ▁Category : F rench ▁industrial ists ▁Category : F rench ▁Roman ▁C athol ics ▁Category : Autom