Thread: 26" tire mistake
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Old 12-25-21 | 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by dmark
Get a Raleigh 3sp and you have new tires.(Unless it is a Superbe with 28" wheels [whatever the hell 28" works out to])
28" tires are how Europe refers to 700c, even though 700c is smaller than 27" tires. Why are they named 28" when they're actually smaller than 27"? Well, because 27" was already taken! Again, almost all of the regulars here know this stuff; but the ISO or ETRTO sizing is the only way to know for sure what the rim size is.
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