16" 305 mm: These shorter and wider 16" size is found on recreational CLWB models.
No mention is made that the ISO 305-mm is a great wheel size for the front of a lowracer, and that the best handling and most user friendly lowracers [1] use ISO 305-mm front wheels!
What’s up with that, Bob? 😉
The ISO 305-mm wheel is also an excellent design choice for any SWB bike intended for riders shorter than 152 cm (~5 feet), particularly now that wide, relatively smooth tread tires [2] are available.
[1] In particular, ones with red paint. 🙂 [2] The 50-305 Schwalbe Big Apple looks promising.
16" 305 mm: These shorter and wider 16" size is found on recreational CLWB models.
No mention is made that the ISO 305-mm is a great wheel size for the front of a lowracer, and that the best handling and most user friendly lowracers [1] use ISO 305-mm front wheels!
What’s up with that, Bob? 😉
The ISO 305-mm wheel is also an excellent design choice for any SWB bike intended for riders shorter than 152 cm (~5 feet), particularly now that wide, relatively smooth tread tires [2] are available.
[1] In particular, ones with red paint. 🙂 [2] The 50-305 Schwalbe Big Apple looks promising.
Except that high-performance 305 tyres appear to be conspicuous by their absence from most, if not all, manufacturers' product lists...
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"Tom Sherman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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In RCN # 86 (Jan./Feb. 2005) Bob Bryant said:
Here are the common recumbent wheel sizes:
16" 305 mm: These shorter and wider 16" size is found on recreational
CLWB models.
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No mention is made that the ISO 305-mm is a great wheel size for the front of a lowracer, and that the best handling and most user friendly lowracers [1] use ISO 305-mm front wheels!
What’s up with that, Bob? 😉
The ISO 305-mm wheel is also an excellent design choice for any SWB bike intended for riders shorter than 152 cm (~5 feet), particularly now that wide, relatively smooth tread tires [2] are available.
[1] In particular, ones with red paint. 🙂 [2] The 50-305 Schwalbe Big Apple looks promising.
-- Tom Sherman - Near Rock Island
I thought about using a 16 on my current project, a recycled swb, pieced together from a murray 10 sp and a 10 sp huffy mtb. But after looking through my collection I found a 20 that looks pretty good, all I have to do is get rid of the bmx tire that is mounted on it!
... Except that high-performance 305 tyres appear to be conspicuous by their absence from most, if not all, manufacturers' product lists...
The 35-305 Primo Comet fits the bill just fine for dry weather use on reasonably decent pavement.
Not easy to find thobut, at least on /this/ side of the pond. St. John St. Cycles, purveyors of odd-sized tyres to BRITONS since time immemorial, don't even list the 305 V-Monster any more, never mind the Comet.
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Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/ World Domination? Just find a world that's into that kind of thing, then chain to the floor and walk up and down on it in high heels. (Mr. Sunshine)
... Except that high-performance 305 tyres appear to be conspicuous by
their
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absence from most, if not all, manufacturers' product lists...
The 35-305 Primo Comet fits the bill just fine for dry weather use on
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reasonably decent pavement.
-- Tom Sherman - Near Rock Island
I don't know of any Comets labeled 35-305, just the 37-305 (actual width approximately 32 mm) and the 40-305 (actual width approximately 40 mm).
Since Primo neglects to provide ISO sizing (at least on the two older "gumwall" examples I have at hand), I was using an estimate based on measured width, which will of course vary with the rim used. I have also seen the tire listed as a 35-305, but of course that may also have been an estimate.
When I become world dictator, my first action will be to ban the use of all non-ISO bicycle tire sizing systems. 😉
"Tom Sherman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Zach said:
Tom Sherman said:
Dave Larrington wrote:
>... >Except that high-performance 305 tyres appear to be conspicuous by
their
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>absence from most, if not all, manufacturers' product lists...
The 35-305 Primo Comet fits the bill just fine for dry weather use on
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reasonably decent pavement.
-- Tom Sherman - Near Rock Island
I don't know of any Comets labeled 35-305, just the 37-305 (actual width approximately 32 mm) and the 40-305 (actual width approximately 40 mm).
Since Primo neglects to provide ISO sizing (at least on the two older "gumwall" examples I have at hand), I was using an estimate based on measured width, which will of course vary with the rim used. I have also seen the tire listed as a 35-305, but of course that may also have been an estimate.
When I become world dictator, my first action will be to ban the use of all non-ISO bicycle tire sizing systems. 😉
-- Tom Sherman - Near Rock Island
Yo Tom, you know where I can score a pair of 650B rims?
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Jeff (got enough weird wheel sizes, thank you) Wills
I'm down to 3 (4 if one includes the BoB) and have just pensioned off my 630s...
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