Several years ago, I had a guy come into the shop looking for a tube for a 28x1-5/8x1-1/4, which he'd written down from his tire or old tube. I believe Continental and Schwalbe print this somewhat archaic Northern European size on their 700C/622 tires, so the confusion is understandable. But they're all the same 700C.
Anyway, 700C tubes also work on 27" tires, and say so in the box. The dude saw the 27" label and didn't believe me that 27" was somehow the same as 28" (for tubes anyway). I tried to reassure him several times, but he wasn't buying it. I think he thought I was conning him. I'm embarrassed to say that I was already having a hectic day, and my usual infinite patience quickly grew thin arguing with him. I snatched the tube out of his hand, said something profane, and told him to find his 28" tube elsewhere. I feel bad for losing my cool with the guy, but at the same time I think it's kinda funny in terms of the confusion that arises from the ridiculousness of competing tire size schemes. -- 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.
