27" tires - Still in production?

Is anyone still manufacturing 27" road tires? Or, is everything
available New Old Stock?

At some point I will need/want new wheels for my '80's project bike and
I'd like to stay with 27". Would I be dead-ended if I buy new 27" wheels?

I won't need anything special, just a 27x1 1/8 (28x630) generic road tire.

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"DJA" wrote in message
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Is anyone still manufacturing 27" road tires? Or, is everything available New
Old Stock?

At some point I will need/want new wheels for my '80's project bike and I'd
like to stay with 27". Would I be dead-ended if I buy new 27" wheels?

I won't need anything special, just a 27x1 1/8 (28x630) generic road tire.

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David
dja--dot--mail--at--comcast--dot--net




Performance still carries them.

Neal

DJA wrote:

Is anyone still manufacturing 27" road tires? Or, is everything
available New Old Stock?

At some point I will need/want new wheels for my '80's project bike and
I'd like to stay with 27". Would I be dead-ended if I buy new 27" wheels?

I won't need anything special, just a 27x1 1/8 (28x630) generic road tire.

Continental make a few, including the SuperSport 1000 which is
reasonably fast. There's also the Panaracer Pasela and others. Rims
are becoming scarcer but are still out there.

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 15:32:26 -0400, DJA wrote:

Is anyone still manufacturing 27" road tires? Or, is everything
available New Old Stock?

At some point I will need/want new wheels for my '80's project bike and
I'd like to stay with 27". Would I be dead-ended if I buy new 27" wheels?

I won't need anything special, just a 27x1 1/8 (28x630) generic road tire.

Choices are slim, but there isn't any real problem getting the ones
that remain available. Most bike shops carry at least one or two.
Even Wal-Mart carries a cheap one. (In both sense of the word.)
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DJA writes:

Is anyone still manufacturing 27" road tires? Or, is everything
available New Old Stock?

two very good choices :

27"x1 IRC triathlon - wire bead - 270g - nashbar

27"x1 1/8 Panaracer Pasela Tourguard Kevlar - kevlar bead - 250g - nashbar

both ON SALE RIGHT NOW at about half price ($9, $14).
These two tires would be state-of-the-art on a 1980's bike.
In particular, panaracer pasela is a descendent of Schwinn LeTour.
Panasonic made all those dang tires for Schwinn in the 1970's.

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA

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Werehatrack wrote:

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 15:32:26 -0400, DJA wrote:

Is anyone still manufacturing 27" road tires? Or, is everything
available New Old Stock?

At some point I will need/want new wheels for my '80's project bike and
I'd like to stay with 27". Would I be dead-ended if I buy new 27" wheels?

I won't need anything special, just a 27x1 1/8 (28x630) generic road tire.

Choices are slim, but there isn't any real problem getting the ones
that remain available. Most bike shops carry at least one or two.
Even Wal-Mart carries a cheap one. (In both sense of the word.)

Yup, got mine at Wal-mart. I wouldn't recommend them.

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Nashbar and sheldonbrown.com carry a decent selection. Nashbar in
particular has a decent inexpensive selection. IRCs, Paselas,
Continentals, Vittorias, all for about $15 or less. In sizes from
27x1", 27x1 1/8", and 27x1 1/4" And also the house brand made by Cheng
Shin, which I found very good, for less than $10. I just bought a pair
of 27x1 1/4" Nashbar kevlar belted tires. Not bad at all.

27x1-3/8" sizes are the only ones that seem to be getting scarce,
particularly in road tires. There are a few knobbys in that size, but
shldonbrown.com seems to be the only place I know of that still has
road tires in that size. They also have a 27x7/8" tire NOS. You'll not
likely find may nore of these once they're gone.

"papercut" wrote in message
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Nashbar and sheldonbrown.com carry a decent selection. Nashbar in
particular has a decent inexpensive selection. IRCs, Paselas,
Continentals, Vittorias, all for about $15 or less. In sizes from
27x1", 27x1 1/8", and 27x1 1/4" And also the house brand made by Cheng
Shin, which I found very good, for less than $10. I just bought a pair
of 27x1 1/4" Nashbar kevlar belted tires. Not bad at all.

27x1-3/8" sizes are the only ones that seem to be getting scarce,
particularly in road tires. There are a few knobbys in that size, but
shldonbrown.com seems to be the only place I know of that still has
road tires in that size. They also have a 27x7/8" tire NOS. You'll not
likely find may nore of these once they're gone.

Agree, Sheldon Brown has the last of the 27" Avocets and only in 27x7/8.
Still, if you can ride these, its a great buy:

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/special.html#tires

On 27 Sep 2004 18:39:17 -0700, (papercut) wrote:

Nashbar and sheldonbrown.com carry a decent selection. Nashbar in
particular has a decent inexpensive selection. IRCs, Paselas,
Continentals, Vittorias, all for about $15 or less. In sizes from
27x1", 27x1 1/8", and 27x1 1/4" And also the house brand made by Cheng
Shin, which I found very good, for less than $10. I just bought a pair
of 27x1 1/4" Nashbar kevlar belted tires. Not bad at all.


You can get Cheng Shin tires at Walmart for $7
27 - 1-1/4

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 04:07:26 GMT, Big_Jerk
wrote:

On 27 Sep 2004 18:39:17 -0700, (papercut) wrote:

Nashbar and sheldonbrown.com carry a decent selection. Nashbar in
particular has a decent inexpensive selection. IRCs, Paselas,
Continentals, Vittorias, all for about $15 or less. In sizes from
27x1", 27x1 1/8", and 27x1 1/4" And also the house brand made by Cheng
Shin, which I found very good, for less than $10. I just bought a pair
of 27x1 1/4" Nashbar kevlar belted tires. Not bad at all.


You can get Cheng Shin tires at Walmart for $7
27 - 1-1/4

And almost worth it. (Cheng Shin, like most tire makers, provides a
variety of designs and levels of quality. Wal-Mart, sadly, does
not...and they apparently picked an inexpensive, inefficient tire to
stock in their stores.)
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