Patent ID: 8708424

Claim:
A cycle wheel comprising: a tire; a rim for rotation about an axis, a cross section of the rim comprising: a main portion having a rim width greater than a greatest width of the tire; a peripheral portion positioned radially outward of the main portion and which comprises an annular cavity in which the tire is partially received; an outer surface of the wheel being comprised of portions of the tire and of the rim facing axially outward of the wheel; an interface fitting constituting an intermediate portion of the outer surface of the wheel, the interface fitting comprising a ring, the ring comprising: a base in contact with the rim; a deformable lip, distinct from the rim, the lip projecting radially outward from the base and in contact with the tire in a zone of the greatest width of the tire; the ring having an unmounted diameter, before being assembled to the rim, and a mounted diameter, after being assembled to the ring; the mounted diameter of the ring being greater than the unmounted diameter, whereby when the ring is assembled to the rim, the ring is pre-stressed radially in tension against the rim.