Thread: My First Bike - 1973 Raleigh Gran Sports
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Old 10-27-10 | 02:23 PM
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Bikes: 1990 Trek 1420 - 1978 Raleigh Professional - 1973 Schwinn Collegiate - 1974 Schwinn Suburban

The Gran sport has a ton of clearance for pretty large tires. When I bought mine it had knobby 27x1-1/4 in tires and still had room for fenders. I wanted something sportier so I put 27x1 panaracers on it.

Here is a picture of the 27x1-1/4 Kenda tires mounted:


Here is a picture of the 27x1 panaracer tires:
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