22" Inner Tubes and/or tyres

[John Ponting]

Help please.

Grandson has a bike which has 22" wheels with MTB type knobbly tyres. I'm struggling to source 22" x 2" Inner Tubes. Neither Wiggle nor Evans show anything online. Conti don't show anything in their catalogue.

Can anybody help the lad?

 

[Yorkshireman]

SJS have some with Presta valves here :- http://tinyurl.com/37358k.

 

[John Ponting]

Colin, thanks for the mention. I'll check with gradson on Monday and then get an order off if width is OK.

Cheers, and thanks from an 11 year old.

 

[Yorkshireman]

 

[GrahamG]

SJS are good for odd sizes - also might want to check kinetics too who stock a massive range for recumbents etc.

 

[mickle]

John Ponting, with all due respect its not a 22" tyre, its either a 20" or a 24". It may well be 20 or 24 X 2.2 but it sure aint 22". Theres no such thing. The above quoted 22 X 1 3/8 is a skinny tyre. Very old, very rare and not even remotely knobbly.

 

[John Ponting]

John Ponting, with all due respect its not a 22" tyre, its either a 20" or a 24". It may well be 20 or 24 X 2.2 but it sure aint 22". Theres no such thing. The above quoted 22 X 1 3/8 is a skinny tyre. Very old, very rare and not even remotely knobbly.

mickle - I'm sure you are trying to be helpfull but (with all due respect) you are failing this time.

Every lbs I have phoned knows about 22" MTB tyres and have sympathised with me.

It was an own brand bike bought from a superstore by my daughter less than 18 months ago. Had she spoken to me first I would have stopped her.

Try asking a small lbs for help; quote the tyre size and they will probably (correctly) ask if the bike was from toys r us within less than 2 years; if they know their stuff they will suggest (correctly) that the bike brand was Rhino; look on Rhino site and see that they have now dropped 22" wheels.

 

[mickle]

I beg your pardon John.

Get out of cycle retail for a couple of years and it all goes to pot.

 

[John Ponting]

I beg your pardon John.

Get out of cycle retail for a couple of years and it all goes to pot.

not at all. all contributions gratefully accepted.

btw daughter went to local toys r us today and they still have 2 models of bike with 22" but at half price. staff had no idea about the non obtainable tyres and tubes.

lbs assures me that the rims and tyres are of a size that a 24" tube will be ok, considering the likely usage. OK as a spare in the wedge bag when grandson goes out with me. Looks like grandad is funding a new bike soon. Then his 2 brothers will probably decide that it's time they changed as well.

 

[John Ponting]

Thanks for comments everybody.

I gave in over the weekend and bought grandson another bike with 24" wheels. Found a shop in Ware that was old and narrow and full of bikes. Guy behind counter was also welcoming, friendly and helpfull.

 

[Santiago]

I know this thread is a bit old but I get 22x2.0 tubes for my Faction Zeitgeist 22 from Winstanley's BMX and Faction sell them online at www.factionbikeco.com
I've had two sets and run them at over 100psi, never had a bead blow but thorns still get me.