Deconstructing A Bicycle: The Tire

Here is the next piece in the the Deconstructing A Bicycle series.  This is the rubber wheel pulled off the rim. 

Shin Tyre

The plug cap is useless.  This old tire has more than it's fair share of holes and tears.

Deconstructing A Bicycle: Rims and Spokes

I spent a good portion of today ripping a tire off of my dying bike's wheel.  It was much more difficult than it should have been.  The exposed rim and loosely hanging spokes had a lot of character as a whole, stopping me from doing some close up/macro shots (which was my initial intention). 

Like an Eye

...staring you down from the edge of a table. 

 Relaxing In The Corner

As a child, I would have had just as much fun with this piece of a bicycle as I would have had with the full thing.