Yes they are still available. You all may know the history of the company - Two brothers, Édouard and Andre Michelin, had a rubber factory in France. One day, a cyclist with a punctured pneumatic tyre turned up at the factory. This tyre was glued onto the rim, and It took over three hours to remove it & repair the tyre, which then required to be left overnight to dry. Next day, Edouard took the repaired bicycle into the factory yard for test. After just a few hundred meters, the repair failed. Despite this setback, he was still enthusiastic about the pneumatic tyre, and along with his Andre ...
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