<p>The bicycle wheel has two beads (1) or non-metallic yarn and a carcass (2) surrounding the beads formed as diagonal carcass of textile stiffeners and a running strip (4). The beads are formed of a multi filament yarn such as polyester-polyarylate-filaments, with the filaments spun from fused liquid crystal polymer. The filaments can have a diameter of less than forty microns.</p>
