Vehicle tire and rim combination

A vehicle tire and rim combination comprising:

• a tire having tread part for contacting a road when in an operative position, a pair of side walls connecting with both side ends of said tread part and a pair of beads connected to said pair of side walls, and
• a rim for mounting said tire thereon by inserting a portion of said tire therein, said rim having a rim base part having opposing ends and a pair of opposing flange parts each having end parts, said flange parts being disposed symmetrically with respect to said rim base part extending from both ends of said rim base part in a radially outward direction, said flange parts having protrusion regions extending along outer peripheral edges thereof, said protrusion regions including an elastic member having a generally semicircular cross-sectional shape attached to a metal part at the end parts of said flange parts, said respective protrusion regions bulging toward an inside space defined between a pair of opposing flange parts so as to embrace said beads therebetween with the elastic members contacting the tire.