Bicycle Mechanics - Help with tire/tube size harder to find sizes

Hello I will start off by saying that I don't know much about this subject.
I need new tires/tubes for my bike 700x25c to be specific.
After a bit of research I've found it's quite hard to come across tires
and near impossible for tubes (presta's) especially.

My question is, is there any size I can substitute for 700x25c ? or would it be to large/small.

thanks for any info.

700 X 28 or 700 X 23 should be fine.
Or you can order online if your local bike stores
don't carry your exact size.

Are you serious? Where do you live that your local bike shop does not carry 700c tires.
In any case there is always mail order.
http://www.biketiresdirect.com/tires-and-tubes-category

700c 25mm tires are widely available. You can easily substitute 23mm tires. Be careful with 28mm tires if you have a road bike with short reach brakes, they may not fit. The same tubes used for 23mm tires will work with 25mm tires.

+1 Use Google. Endless sources of those tires.

OMG, you can get 700x25 tires at frickin' WAL-MART now! Tubes, too, with presta!

icecream... dude... where do you LIVE, that these tires are so hard to find?

Thanks for the quick response all of you !
I live in a little **** hole known as sandusky ohio ( aka Cedar point famous roller coaster park world wide). tiny town though.


anyways thanks !

I live in a small town, too. I buy just about everything online, from the link . Saves a lot of time & gas !

https://www.niagaracycle.com/index.php

I know it's hard to believe, but I'm in the same situation as
the original poster. I live next to New York city in a well
populated county(Hudson County,NJ). The 2 local bike stores
carry carbon fiber road bikes that cost a couple of grand, but none
of them stock 700 X 25 tires or tubes.

Thanks for the quick response all of you !
I live in a little **** hole known as sandusky ohio ( aka Cedar point famous roller coaster park world wide). tiny town though.


anyways thanks !

And there is a GIANT WalMart (http://maps.google.com/maps/place?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=sandusky+ohio+walmart&fb=1&gl=us&hq=walmart&hnear=Sandusky,+OH&cid=4053968205784496569&ei=_XRZTI2hLZPUngeKmvHeCQ&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBcQnQIwAA) there! And if that doesn't sit well with you, try A & B Hobby's and Cycles (1202 West Washington Street, Sandusky (419) 625-4242 ) or come down to Fremont Cycle and Fitness (http://fremontcycleandfitness.com/) where I go all the time. There are also about 5 decent bike shops in Toledo (an hour a way).

Sandusky has 77,000 people. Not too small in my book!

checked wal mart,meijers,and dunams.
nothing.

hell they were even sold out of 24x 1 1/4 tubes.
I might try A&B.

I'm actually from huron it's just easier to say Sandusky because most people would know that area first.

thanks for the info

Props for biketiresdirect.com. I get a lot of my tires and tubes from them, and they carry LOTS of different sizes/styles of tires.