Originally Posted by
SparkyGA
I've been on tour for the past few months and I've began to search for some fresh rubber for my Surly. Right now I'm currently in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and have been wandering around the high end bike shops for the past few days.
From what I've noticed in Cambodia/Thailand/Japan/Central America, it's pretty hard to find 26" tires suitable for touring, yet pretty easy to find good rubber/rims for 700C, 27.5" and 29" bikes. I even found a bigger selection of 24" tires than for 26" today.
Goes against some of the instilled wisdom that many of us have grown use to hearing. More proof that you can ride whatever you want these days, spare parts are not as big an issue as they once were
Whoah, that is different. I've done 2.5 years, through all of Central America, Peru and Bolivia (2001-2002), and through Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina (2007), and without a doubt, 26 inch treads were plentiful. Central America especially, I had no problems finding 26 inch treads. Unless things changed drastically in the last 12 years... then again, that WAS a dozen years...