"26" tires come in various bead seat diameters." Including one the British used as well as the infamous proprietary Schwinn size. And now the MTB world has "discovered" 650B but just to keep it interesting they're calling it 27.5.
dougP On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 3:12:59 PM UTC-8, kennet...@gmail.com wrote: > > Michael, > > 26" tires come in various bead seat diameters. Mores the pity. As > Steve pointed out the fractional width <> decimal width. That's why > it's always best to use the ETRTO size so you know what you're > getting. > > -Ken > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Michael <john1...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> > >> You cannot use a 26" tire of any width/dimension for a 650b wheel > because > >> the Bead Seat Diameter is 584 for a 650b wheel, and 559 for 26" wheels. > >> That's the part of the wheel where the bead of the tire clinches onto > the > >> hook of the rim. > >> > > > > You need a 650b (584) size tire. Rivendell Bike Works sells the same > tire in > > 650b. Get 'em while they are available. > > > > Also note that a 650c tire will not work either on a 650b rim, as that > > diameter is different, too. > > > > It is funny though how a 650b wheel and tire measures 26.5" from the > ground > > though. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to > > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>. > > > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
