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Old 11-06-12 | 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Sixty Fiver
700c by 35... the c is an old French designation for a wider 622 tyre where 622 is the bead seat measurement and there is no c after the second number which means the tyre is 35mm wide.
FWIW - all of my parts distributors list tires as 650 or 700x__c in their catalogs and on their websites. Whether it's correct or not, it's easy to see why everyone makes that mistake.
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