27" tires at Walmart any good?

My girlfriend has an older schwinn bike with 27" rims.

She needs tires bad. Are the tires sold at Walmart in
27" size any good? Tubes as well?

Or should I convince her to get some name brand tires
at tubes elsewhere?

On May 5, 10:49 am, wrote:
My girlfriend has an older schwinn bike with 27" rims.

She needs tires bad. Are the tires sold at Walmart in
27" size any good? Tubes as well?

Or should I convince her to get some name brand tires
at tubes elsewhere?

Tubes are tubes, usually. The 27" tires a *mart are usually terrible--
though I found some pretty nice 26x 1 3/8" 3spd tires with microprism
reflectors on them once.

Nashbar's got the Pasela 27x 1 1/4" for 13 bucks--a far better tire
for the same price as what you'd pay at Walmart, even with 2nd day
shipping.
http://tinyurl.com/5chk5l

The Performance GT2 House brand with Kevlar is pretty nice riding for
$12, also in a good 1 1/4":
http://tinyurl.com/33amkn

Alternately, check your local bike shop--just get something with a
smooth tread,and a supple sidewall--not cheap stiff sidewalls that's
gonna ride like a plank.

"landotter" wrote in message
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The Performance GT2 House brand with Kevlar is pretty nice riding for
$12, also in a good 1 1/4":
http://tinyurl.com/33amkn


I tried the Performance GT2s. Horrible tire. They were so out of round I had
to take 'em off the wheels.

On May 5, 11:59 am, "Carl Sundquist" wrote:
"landotter" wrote in message

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The Performance GT2 House brand with Kevlar is pretty nice riding for
$12, also in a good 1 1/4":
http://tinyurl.com/33amkn

I tried the Performance GT2s. Horrible tire. They were so out of round I had
to take 'em off the wheels.

Performance and Nashbar contract their tires out to the big Taiwanese
tire houses like everybody else. I've had no worse quality experience
from them for basic all round tires--no doubt there can be a bad batch
from any one from time to time. I've had name brand tires from WTB and
Continental that had faulty rubber compound that rendered them
unusable, unless you planned on fixing multiple flats per day. Luck of
the draw.

"landotter" wrote in message
...

The Performance GT2 House brand with Kevlar is pretty nice riding for
$12, also in a good 1 1/4":
http://tinyurl.com/33amkn

I tried the Performance GT2s. Horrible tire. They were so out of round I
had
to take 'em off the wheels.

Performance and Nashbar contract their tires out to the big Taiwanese
tire houses like everybody else. I've had no worse quality experience
from them for basic all round tires--no doubt there can be a bad batch
from any one from time to time. I've had name brand tires from WTB and
Continental that had faulty rubber compound that rendered them
unusable, unless you planned on fixing multiple flats per day. Luck of
the draw.

These rode like they were made in the cannabis growing regoin of Jamaica.

On May 5, 10:08*am, landotter wrote:
On May 5, 11:59 am, "Carl Sundquist" wrote:

"landotter" wrote in message

...

The Performance GT2 House brand with Kevlar is pretty nice riding for
$12, also in a good 1 1/4":
http://tinyurl.com/33amkn

I tried the Performance GT2s. Horrible tire. They were so out of round I had
to take 'em off the wheels.

Performance and Nashbar contract their tires out to the big Taiwanese
tire houses like everybody else. I've had no worse quality experience
from them for basic all round tires--no doubt there can be a bad batch
from any one from time to time. I've had name brand tires from WTB and
Continental that had faulty rubber compound that rendered them
unusable, unless you planned on fixing multiple flats per day. Luck of
the draw.

All the more reason to go with the Paselas - still made by National in
Japan. A better 27" tire you will not find.

landotter wrote:

The 27" tires a *mart are usually terrible--

She went and bought one and it is HELL to get on the
rim .... like its really NOT 27"!!

could it be so cheap that its size is not true 27"??

She took everything back to Walmart and got her money
back.... and is going to local bike shop to buy tires
and tubes there

I'm just curious if its possible that Walmart 27" tires
are really NOT 27" true size!!

Hank wrote:

All the more reason to go with the Paselas - still made by National in
Japan. A better 27" tire you will not find.

OK...will tell her this

On May 5, 11:18*am, wrote:
landotter wrote:
The 27" tires a *mart are usually terrible--

She went and bought one and it is HELL to get on the
rim .... like its really NOT 27"!!

could it be so cheap that its size is not true 27"??

She took everything back to Walmart and got her money
back.... and is going to local bike shop to buy tires
and tubes there

I'm just curious if its possible that Walmart 27" tires
are really NOT 27" true size!!

Maybe they're calling 700c stuff (622mm BSD) 27"?

True 27" is 630mm BSD.

wrote:
landotter wrote:

The 27" tires a *mart are usually terrible--

She went and bought one and it is HELL to get on the
rim .... like its really NOT 27"!!

could it be so cheap that its size is not true 27"??

She took everything back to Walmart and got her money
back.... and is going to local bike shop to buy tires
and tubes there

I'm just curious if its possible that Walmart 27" tires
are really NOT 27" true size!!

Highly unlikely.

Tire molds are expensive. Slipping a custom label into a mold is cheap,
which is why it is popular. So while various tires from the same mold
may bear different 'brands' they will be the same size.

I wasn't there, but your description seems more like a mounting problem
than a tire sizing issue. Look for double rim liners, wrong rim liner,
misplaced rim liner, tube not inflated to a round cross section before
mounting, trying to mount both sides at once, etc. The directions on or
in the tube box may be helpful as this section of our FAQ:
http://draco.acs.uci.edu/rbfaq/FAQ/8b.2.html

Lastly, try a mist of spray wax on the rim before mounting. It not only
helps to get a tight tire on a rim, it greatly assists in getting the
tire bead evenly positioned.
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