[email protected] wrote:
> landotter <[email protected]> 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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