Hank Wirtz wrote:
On Mar 21, 3:10 pm, Tom Sherman
wrote:
Michael Press wrote:
In article
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WhiteTea wrote:
I have a ' 74 Raleigh 3-speed. I want some tires with more thread
than the typical Walmart brand.
There is quite of bit of extra room as far as a tires get close to
touching the fender.
I currently have a 26x1 and 3 eights, a shop said I could go to a
26x1.5 but I did not want to pay $35.00.
I had a flat about 5 miles from my house today, so I am looking for
ideas for reducing that.
(Sidewalks are favorite places for bone-heads to throw their beer
bottles.)
Read all the writing on the tire. Does one of the following
numbers appear?
622
559
635
630
597
590
584
These are ISO rim size measurements/designations.
They actually correlate with a real world dimension.
Once you get used to them (not difficult) your tire
buying experience will be better.
Here is the complete list:
http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/tires/index.html
If I were in charge, all tires, tubes and rims would be labeled with ISO
sizing, and ONLY ISO sizing.

Please Honor The Signature Separator, i.e. "-- ".

How many different 20" BSDs are there?

Three (3), which is better than the seven (7) "26-inch" sizes:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html.

I have had LBS clerks try to sell my ISO 451-mm tubes and tires when I
wanted ISO 406-mm. Similarly, I have had to explain that the ISO 349-mm
tire or tube they bring out is not what I am looking for when I ask for
ISO 305-mm.

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Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007
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