On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Drew <[email protected]> wrote: > David J Brooks wrote: >> >> On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 5:13 AM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> >>>> I have in my garage a 1973 Raleigh ten speed bike, with the >>>> cool curled over handle bars and duel brake thingies, that >>>> has not been used for at least 20 plus years. The tires have >>>> just about rotten off, the cables are a bit ceased and dusty. >>>> >>>> Worth getting it "tuned up"?? >>>> >>>> I currently ride a 1990 Norco 21 speed mountain bike >>>> >>> >>> Probably worth doing it up yourself rather than paying someone else to do >>> it. >>> >>> Bob >>> >> >> How hard is it to change a bike tire. I have never done this my self. >> >> Dave >> >>> >>> > > Dead easy... get a tyre kit change from Halfords and follow the > instructions. Just be careful, a 70's Raleigh will probably be 27" wheels, > you may have to go to a 'proper' bike shop to get them. the big sheds only > stock 26" ATB tyres or modern 700c racer tyres. > > Drew. >
It's sorta hard to find a Halford's around here ;-). Crappy Tire is a better bet, and they often have 27" tires and tubes. -Adam -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
