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Pizza Man
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This is a spin off to a current thread on 27" tires (looking for
narrow treads).
Of the current production tires available (27x1 1/4), what is the
widest road/touring tire? I'm looking for a tad more cush in my ride
and a bit more robustness for rough roads or hardpack trails.
My past experience with bike and car tires is the listed sizes can be
dramatically different from reality. I'm guessing there are probably
some 1 1/4" tires that are wider than some 1 3/8" tires. I'm aware of
two 1 3/8' tires, but both are knobbies. I've been to several LBS and
about half don't even stock anything in 27". The shops that do
typically only have one or maybe two. They all seem to stock the same
2 Specialized tri-sports and maybe one of the armadillo models.
That makes mail ordering tires difficult. I can't see/feel/measure it
to be able to make a fair comparison.
I currently have Specialized Nimbus tires (great all around tread) and
have great success with this rubber. From memory it was one of the
wider tires available at the time (about 15 yrs ago), but is sadly no
longer available.
Anyone with experience in the old 27 inchers have advice on a wide
road/touring type tire (that is actually currently available)?
Thanks, Tracy
narrow treads).
Of the current production tires available (27x1 1/4), what is the
widest road/touring tire? I'm looking for a tad more cush in my ride
and a bit more robustness for rough roads or hardpack trails.
My past experience with bike and car tires is the listed sizes can be
dramatically different from reality. I'm guessing there are probably
some 1 1/4" tires that are wider than some 1 3/8" tires. I'm aware of
two 1 3/8' tires, but both are knobbies. I've been to several LBS and
about half don't even stock anything in 27". The shops that do
typically only have one or maybe two. They all seem to stock the same
2 Specialized tri-sports and maybe one of the armadillo models.
That makes mail ordering tires difficult. I can't see/feel/measure it
to be able to make a fair comparison.
I currently have Specialized Nimbus tires (great all around tread) and
have great success with this rubber. From memory it was one of the
wider tires available at the time (about 15 yrs ago), but is sadly no
longer available.
Anyone with experience in the old 27 inchers have advice on a wide
road/touring type tire (that is actually currently available)?
Thanks, Tracy