Wooden Balls Speed Cycle Races, 1932

In 1932, Les Blakeborough, the well known English dirt track motorcycle rider, has invented an entirely new back wheel for his racing machine, which consists of a series of large wooden balls mounted on the rim in place of the conventional pneumatic tire.

The inventor claimed his device made broadsiding more rapid, and also made it possible to broadside on hard surfaces.

Les Blakeborough with his motorcycle fitted with the new rear wheel which takes the place of the pneumatic tire in dirt track cycle racing.