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Tis witchcraft I tell thee, prepare the ducking stool!!!I dared to change the wheel size on my subway2 for work...26" to 700c....28mm heresy....me likey!
Tis witchcraft I tell thee, prepare the ducking stool!!!I dared to change the wheel size on my subway2 for work...26" to 700c....28mm heresy....me likey!
How did it go and what wheels did you use ?I dared to change the wheel size on my subway2 for work...26" to 700c....28mm heresy....me likey!
I've got about thirty 26' tyres in my shed. Will defend them with the kids nerf guns once they become valuable.
Because they are all too good to throw away. I'm fitting a pair to my wife's friends bike tomorrow, she gets new tyres, it costs me nothing. Nice way to say "thanks" for helping us with getting our kids from school and stuff.Why have you got thirty old tyres?
Mrs mrs bike has 24 " tyres, doesnt help me a lot but she is only 4 foot 7I have taken the precaution of retaining 2x26 inch Continental Mountain Kings, which I took off my MTB and replaced with road biased tyres. So I have probably got enough tyres to last me until eternity. And if there is a major 26 inch tyre shortage, I could always nick the ones off Mrs Salad's MTB, which hasn't been ridden for about 18 months.......
I live near where they make such tires. Quite a truck load, those are.26 foot tyres?!?!?!
Do they go on one of these?
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How so? I'm on 26 and 27.5, and while there is a difference it's so slight as to not be able to eliminate differences in tyres as the cause.Even if 26" disappeared overnight there's still too healthy a spares market to ignore.
I'm on a 27.5" now and yes it rolls a lot better than my 26". But tyres, bearings and gears are different and 15 years younger. The wheel size isn't the whole story.
26" tires work well for touring, off and on road, and the wheels hold up well. Being truly big, I'm unimpressed with 29" tires, although I was told they'd be the best thing for me. I just prefer the 26", with all the options available. My drop bar touring bike can take, using 2 wheelsets for the different widths, almost any size tire available for 26", and that's a very wide range. I'm also a believer in the rigid mountain bike, and I love the old first generation MTBs, so I'm continuing with 26" tires.