Question re service from LBS

Allan McVie said:

I then spotted that the tyre was a 700c and that the wheel was marked 630.

is this ok?

No! 630 is the larger old imperial size otherwise known as 27 inch. I'm surprised you managed to get
the tyre on at all! You need 27" tyres or 700c wheels.

~PB

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I'm surprised you managed to get the tyre on at all!

Correction: I'm surprised the bike shop staff managed to get it on. The sizes are so different that
I think you might be trolling.

~PB

Pete Biggs said:

Quoted message said:

I'm surprised you managed to get the tyre on at all!

Correction: I'm surprised the bike shop staff managed to get it on. The sizes are so different
that I think you might be trolling.

But what else does the wheel say? Is it really possible that it is a 630mm rim, or perhaps more
likely that this is just a model number that happens to use this value. I can't recall seeing the
bead seat diameter marked on rims, but I haven't looked.

James

James Annan said:

But what else does the wheel say? Is it really possible that it is a 630mm rim, or perhaps more
likely that this is just a model number that happens to use this value.

Long shot but possible.

Quoted message said:

I can't recall seeing the bead seat diameter marked on rims, but I haven't looked.

They are usually. I've got an on Rigida 27" rim which is marked "16 x 630".

~PB

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I've got an on Rigida 27" rim which is marked "16 x 630".

^ old

~PB

Hi

Pete Biggs said:

Quoted message said:

I'm surprised you managed to get the tyre on at all!

Correction: I'm surprised the bike shop staff managed to get it on. The sizes are so different
that I think you might be trolling. ~PB

I wish I was trolling I might get a laugh out of the situation.

Further info

the wheel is stamped with the following some not that clear.

Schurmann Germany DIN 630 16 Tvp 6 1.1/2 1'

As I said I had alot of trouble removing the tyre finnally using the pair of cone spanners I
happened to have on me I had good motivation as I was a long way from home on a ride.

According to sheldonbrown.comtire sizing.htmlOpen ↗ the ISO Bead seat Diameter of a 700C is
622mm and a 27xanything is 630mm so the difference is 8mm

Allan

Thus spake Allan McVie <[email hidden]>

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Hi

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I bought a new bike at the start of the year after a couple of months the bearing on the rear
wheel disintergrated the LBS that I got the bike from changed the wheel for me and swapped over
the tyre and cogs from the old wheel at the time everything appeared fine. At the weekend I had my
first puncture on the rear wheel, I had alot of problem removing the tyre to fix the punture. I
then spotted that the tyre was a 700c and that the wheel was marked 630.

You can use 630 (ie 27"😉 and 622 (700c) inner tubes interchangeably. You can't do the same with
outer tyres.

27 inch wheels are all but obsolete.

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Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden] Edgware.

Pete Biggs said:

I'm surprised you managed to get the tyre on at all! You need 27" tyres or 700c wheels.

I'm further surprised that people are still selling new bikes with 630's...

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Helen Deborah Vecht said:

27 inch wheels are all but obsolete.

Rubbish - I've got loads in the garage ;-)

John B