Gotta disagree with the "very few 27" tire options" argument, I have fixed up about a dozen old 10 speeds in the last couple years and there are actually plenty of options.
For the most part you have 3 sizes to choose from*: - 27 x 1 1/8 a 28c equivalent - 27 x 1 1/4 a 32c equivalent - 27 x 1 3/8 a 37c equivalent If you check out Amazon http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_pg_1?rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3A27+inch+tires&keywords=27+inch+tires&ie=UTF8&qid=1361308978 you can see lots of choices. You can find them from Kenda, Panaracer Pasela, Michelin, Schawble, Avenir, Cheng Shin, Sunlite, Vittoria, Continental etc. I personally like the Kenda K40 a great looking gum wall and good bang for the buck. *note you can also find 27x1 inch a 25c equivalent but those are actually a bit rare - Panaracer makes one. Ryan On Monday, February 18, 2013 5:40:07 PM UTC-8, M D Smith wrote: > > Hello all- > > My girlfriend just came into a sweet mixte that I'm going to soup up for > her into a all'round city bike. The (original!) tires on it are hard as a > rock and too skinny regardless and need to be replaced. This bike takes 27" > tires (630 bcd) > > Before I go and buy some, I thought I'd throw it out here. Does anyone > have some decent, used, 27"x at least 1 1/4, but preferable wider tires? > > Let me know what you have offline. Special bonus for anyone in central > Connecticut: will trade for beer... > > Cheers- Mike in Htfd CT > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
