I've almost only seen the Pasela tourguard skinwalls in wire bead form. They're truly wonderful tires, with a nice light responsive ride, and excellent handling as well. IMHO I would not get 1 1/4". Paselas run large, and a 1 inch or 1 1/8" look just right on a vintage bike depending on rim width. The 1 1/4" looks like a big chunky hybrid tire.,,,,BD

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AWESOME bike BTW. I can't wait to get home to Houston. My orange 71ish Falcon awaits. It's been waiting several years for a rebuild.

Here's one of my first purchases of the Pasela, before I knew how large they ran. These ar the 27 x 1 1/4". It rode like I was on a cloud, but the handling was a little funky because the tire was so wide.




And my Falcon.. Yeah I know it looks pitiful. This was as found condition.. It's ben torn down and cleaned up since then.