made with solid rubber tyres fitted into a metal channel.

Due to age or dry climate, a wheel would shrink and the metal hoop tyre would become loose. Routinely, the hoop would be removed, 'shrunk', heated and refitted to make the wheel tight again. Tools to shrink the hoops were called "tire upsetters" or "tire shrinkers".

Industrial age

During the industrial age, iron strakes were replaced by a solid iron tyre custom made by a blacksmith after the wheelwright

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