Ku ya 10 Ukuboza 1845, injeniyeri w’i Londere, Robert Thompson, yandikishije ipatanti ku bicuruzwa bizahindura ubwikorezi kandi bizamura ibihe byo kugenda: uruziga rwa pneumatike. Ahari niba ubwenge bwa Robert Thompson butazanye igitekerezo cyo guhimba uruziga rwa pneumatike, imodoka zigezweho zaba zigikubita kuriyi nzira hamwe niziga ryibiti muri iki gihe. Ntabwo tuzi… ariko urebye igihe, byari impinduramatwara nini! Byari ugusubiramo kimwe mubikoresho bikomeye byubumuntu: uruziga.
Ipine nshya, usibye gutuma ingendo zoroha, zakoze ibinyabiziga bikururwa n'amafarasi icyo gihe neza. Gusa ikosa Thompson yakoze ni ukutamenya gucuruza ibicuruzwa. Kubwamahirwe, ubuhanga yari afite muri we ntibwigeze bugera mubucuruzi, nuko, intangiriro yipine igezweho yibagirwa. Nyuma yimyaka 43 gusa, veterineri wa Scottish John Boyd Dunlop - izina Dunlop ryumvikana sibyo? - yagize igitekerezo kimwe kandi "yagaruye" ipine ya Thompson.
Igihe Dunlop yagaruye ipine ya Thompson, ntabwo yashakaga guhindura isi. Ibyifuzo bye - nubwo byemewe - byari bike cyane. Dunlop yashakaga gushimisha umuhungu we, ntakindi. Dukurikije iyo nkuru, umuhungu we Johnny, yagize ikibazo cyo kugenda mu kayira kegereye umuhanda wa Scottish hamwe na tikipiki ye itatu, ibiziga byayo bikaba byari bikozwe muri reberi y’ibirunga, byoroshye kandi ntibiramba cyane. Se witanze Dunlop, yahisemo gukora igitereko cyoroshye cya rubber imbere, ayizingira mu gitereko maze ayishyira ku giti. Igisubizo ntigishobora gushimisha, Johnny muto yihuta kurusha inshuti ze ndetse akora ibirometero birenga 100 akoresheje amapine imwe gusa (yego, abana bari kuri trikipiki bagenda cyane muricyo gihe…). Nuburyo bwa mbere ipine yambere igezweho yavutse, bivuye kubushake bwa se bwo gufasha umuhungu. Urumva hafi kurira ...
Nyuma yigihe runaka, kandi asanzwe azi ubushobozi bwubucuruzi "igihangano cye", John Boyd Dunlop yagerageje kubona ipatanti yumwamikazi Victoria. Ikintu yagombaga kugeraho, kubona patenti numero 10607 yo guhanga ipine, no guha inzira "ikinyejana cyimuka". Ibicuruzwa byakwirakwiriye vuba muburayi nizindi nkuru zose turabizi.
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Inyandiko: Guilherme Ferreira da Costa