Re: Wheel-less tire question

AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

 
 
A tensioned wheel, (as bicycles wheels with actual tensioned
spokes, not including carbon sheets) has to have a
noncompressible* rim of constant* circumference in order to
not flop around.  It's an elegant thing, with among the
highest strength to weight ratios of human built structures.
 

If a tubular tire is inflated to working pressure while not
mounted to a rim does it _not_ become a stiff hoop?

Thanks for writing,

bob prohaska